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Costa RicaProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes

Technical Regulation RTCR-525:2025. Health risk products. Products for nicotine administration. Prohibition of registration, import, export, manufacture, formulation, storage, distribution, transport, repackaging, re-containerization, handling, marketing and mixing

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Reglamento Técnico RTCR-525:2025. Productos de riesgo sanitario. Productos para la administración de nicotina. Prohibición de registro, importación, exportación, fabricación, formulación, almacenamiento, distribución, transporte, reempaque, reenvase, manipulación, comercialización y mezcla

Costa Rica notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 12 February 2026. The comment period closed on 13 April 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Nicotine

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Nicotina

HS codes
  • 24 · Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; products, whether or not containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body
    • 24 TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES; PRODUCTS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING NICOTINE, INTENDED FOR INHALATION WITHOUT COMBUSTION; OTHER NICOTINE…
Notifying member
Costa Rica
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 12 February 2026. Check WTO ePing or Costa Rica for its current status.
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CRI/210
Keywords
Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 13 April 2026
Proposed adoption
Upon publication in the Official Journal, La Gaceta
Proposed entry into force
6 months from adoption

How to comment

The comment period closed on 13 April 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CRI/210; it can take them up with Costa Rica.

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What the notification says

The notified regulation establishes the prohibition on the registration, importation, exportation, manufacture, formulation, storage, distribution, transportation, repackaging, repacking, handling, marketing and mixing of non-therapeutic and non-combustible products, intended for the oral administration of nicotine in any form.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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