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RTCR 479:2015: Materiales de Construcción. Cementos Hidráulicos. Especificaciones (Costa Rican Technical Regulation No. 479:2015: Construction materials. Hydraulic cement. Specifications) (13 pages, in Spanish)
Costa Rica issued an addendum on 7 July 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/CRI/166. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 20 April 2017.
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Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 479: 2015. Construction materials. Hydraulic cement. Specifications (13 pages, in Spanish)
Granting of regulatory equivalence between 'BS EN 197-1:2011' and 'RTCR 479: 2015. Technical Regulation. Construction materials. Hydraulic cement', Executive Decree No. 39414-MEICS-S, published in Official Journal La Gaceta No. 1 of 4 January 2016.__________1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified measure and/or interpretative guidance can be obtained.
The notified Technical Regulation establishes the parameters and technical characteristics to be met by hydraulic cement used in national territory, whether produced locally or imported. It also classifies the various types of cement, and lays down labelling requirements for bulk and packaged cement.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/CRI/166/Add.4
Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 479: 2015. Construction materials. Hydraulic cement. Specifications (13 pages, in Spanish)
Granting of regulatory equivalence between 'BS EN 197-1:2011' and 'RTCR 479: 2015. Technical Regulation. Construction materials. Hydraulic cement', Executive Decree No. 39414-MEICS-S, published in Official Journal La Gaceta No. 1 of 4 January 2016.__________1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified measure and/or interpretative guidance can be obtained.
AddendumG/TBT/N/CRI/166/Add.3
Costa Rican Technical Regulation No. 479: 2015. Construction materials. Hydraulic cement. Specifications
The normative equivalence between 'UNE EN 197-1:2011 (EN 197-1:2011)' and 'RTCR 479:2015 (Decree No. 39414-MEIC-S). Construction materials. Hydraulic cement' has been approved.__________1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final measure/change to the measure/interpretative guidance can be obtained.
AddendumG/TBT/N/CRI/166/Add.2
Costa Rican Technical Regulation No. 479: 2015: Construction materials. Hydraulic cement. Specifications
The normative equivalence between 'EN 197-1-2011: Composition, specifications and conformity criteria for common cements' and 'Costa Rican Technical Regulation No. 479: 2015: Construction materials. Hydraulic cement' has been approved solely for white Portland cement CBR 1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final measure/change to the measure/interpretative guidance can be obtained. G/TBT/N/CRI/166/Add.2 - 2 - CEM / 52.5 R, as requested by Mr Benoit Dessard Chevalier in his capacity as legal representative of Concreto Coloreado S.A. (company ID No. 3-101-280614). __________
AddendumG/TBT/N/CRI/166/Add.1
Costa Rican Technical Regulation No. 479:2015: Construction materials. Hydraulic cement. Specifications
The normative equivalence between 'UNE-EN 197-1-2011 Cement - Part 1: Composition, specifications and conformity criteria for common cements' and 'Costa Rican Technical Regulation No. 479:2015: Construction materials. Hydraulic cement. Specifications' has been approved. __________
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/CRI/166
RTCR 479:2015: Materiales de Construcción. Cementos Hidráulicos. Especificaciones (Costa Rican Technical Regulation No. 479:2015: Construction materials. Hydraulic cement. Specifications) (13 pages, in Spanish)
The notified Technical Regulation establishes the parameters and technical characteristics to be met by hydraulic cement used in national territory, whether produced locally or imported. It also classifies the various types of cement, and lays down labelling requirements for bulk and packaged cement.
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