WTO notification · TBT
Costa RicaProposed measure, open for comments
Requirements and procedure for the recognition of the sanitary registration of medicines granted by regulatory authorities recognized by the World Health Organization and for the sanitary registration of multi-source products whose innovator is not registered in the country.
Requisitos y procedimiento para el reconocimiento del registro sanitario de medicamentos otorgado por las autoridades reguladoras reconocidas por la organización mundial de la salud y para el registro sanitario a productos multiorigen cuyo innovador no se encuentre registrado en el país.
Costa Rica notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 22 September 2026. Comments are open until 21 November 2026.
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Published here:
Recognition of Sanitary Registration of Medicines
Reconocimiento Registro Sanitario Medicamentos
Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 21 November 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CRI/212 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Costa Rica.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)The notified document establishes the provisions and requirements for the recognition and approval of sanitary registrations for medicines granted by the health authorities of countries whose medicines regulatory agencies are recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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