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RTCR 510:2023 Productos eléctricos. Series de luces, adornos navideños y figuras decorativas de uso doméstico. Especificaciones y Etiquetado (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 510:2023, Electrical products. String lights, Christmas decorations and decorative items for domestic use. Specifications and labelling) (14 pages, in Spanish)
Costa Rica issued an addendum on 9 January 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/CRI/200. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 18 August 2023. The comment period closed on 17 October 2023.
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The comment period closed on 17 October 2023. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CRI/200/Add.3; it can take them up with Costa Rica.
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Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 510:2023: Electrical products. String lights, Christmas decorations and decorative items for domestic use. Specifications and labelling
Approval is hereby issued for the equivalence between the Technical Regulations on Lights and Street Lighting (RETILAP) (Resolution No. 40150 of 3 May 2024) and Executive Decree No. 44422-MEIC, RTCR 510: 2023 'Electrical products. String lights, Christmas decorations and decorative items for domestic use. Specifications and labelling'.__________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 purpose of the notified Technical Regulation is to establish the minimum technical requirements to be met by string lights, Christmas decorations and decorative items for domestic use with a rated voltage not exceeding 120 V in accordance with Executive Decree No. 36979-MEIC, Regulation to formalize the Costa Rican Electrical Code for the Safety of Life and Property (RTCR No. 458:2011), to be used or marketed in the national market, whether domestic or imported. 'Seasonal use' means that the product is set up and used for no longer than 90 days.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/CRI/200/Add.3
Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 510:2023: Electrical products. String lights, Christmas decorations and decorative items for domestic use. Specifications and labelling
Approval is hereby issued for the equivalence between the Technical Regulations on Lights and Street Lighting (RETILAP) (Resolution No. 40150 of 3 May 2024) and Executive Decree No. 44422-MEIC, RTCR 510: 2023 'Electrical products. String lights, Christmas decorations and decorative items for domestic use. Specifications and labelling'.__________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/200/Add.2
Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 510:2023: Electrical products. String lights, Christmas decorations and decorative items for domestic use. Specifications and labelling
Approval is hereby granted for the recognition of IEC 60598-2-20:2015 as equivalent to Executive Decree No. 44422-MEIC RTCR 510:2023 'Electrical products. String lights, Christmas decorations and decorative items for domestic use. Specifications and labelling'.__________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/200/Add.1
RTCR 510:2023 Electrical products. String lights, Christmas decorations and decorative items for domestic use. Specifications and labelling (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 510:2023)
: RTCR 510:2023 Productos eléctricos. Series de luces, adornos navideños y figuras decorativas de uso doméstico. Especificaciones y Etiquetado (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 510:2023, Electrical products. String lights, Christmas decorations and decorative items for domestic use. Specifications and labelling)
Revision of RTCR No. 510:2023, Electrical products. String lights, Christmas decorations and decorative items for domestic use. Specifications and labelling. Executive Decree No. 44422-MEIC of 12 March 2024, published in Supplement No. 78 to Official Journal La Gaceta No. 73 of 25 April 2024.Final date for comments: 30 days from notification__________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.
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/CRI/200
Comment deadline: Closed on 17 October 2023
RTCR 510:2023 Productos eléctricos. Series de luces, adornos navideños y figuras decorativas de uso doméstico. Especificaciones y Etiquetado (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) No. 510:2023, Electrical products. String lights, Christmas decorations and decorative items for domestic use. Specifications and labelling) (14 pages, in Spanish)
The purpose of the notified Technical Regulation is to establish the minimum technical requirements to be met by string lights, Christmas decorations and decorative items for domestic use with a rated voltage not exceeding 120 V in accordance with Executive Decree No. 36979-MEIC, Regulation to formalize the Costa Rican Electrical Code for the Safety of Life and Property (RTCR No. 458:2011), to be used or marketed in the national market, whether domestic or imported. 'Seasonal use' means that the product is set up and used for no longer than 90 days.
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