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Costa Rica Hurries Up Last CAFTA Law

To speed up its approval, the Executive removed the agrochemical chapter from the last law project of the FTA agenda.

Friday, August 7, 2009

This project, being discussed in Congress for 9 months now, will modify intellectual property regulations.

"The Commerce Ministry removed aspects related to the Law of Undisclosed Information, in order to avoid affecting the definition of 'pharmaceutical product', which impacts agrochemical registration", reported website Nacion.com.

Source: Nacion.com

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Costa Rica Ratifies Copyright Law

April 2010

The Legislative Assembly ratified the last bill pending to implement the Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. and Central America.

This bill changes several copyright related laws (their names in Spanish: “Ley de Derechos de Autor y Derechos Conexos”, “Ley de Procedimientos de Observancia de los Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual” and “Ley de Información no divulgada”).

Costa Rica clears constitutional hurdles for CAFTA

October 2008

The Costa Rican Constitutional Court approved the last law project for the trade agreement by ruling that it does not have any defects.

Said law is the "Law that reforms several regulations for matters relating to intellectual property," known in the legal environment as "project 12" and which, according to the court, has constitutional foundation and procedures.

Costa Rica: New extension of CAFTA until December 31

October 2008

The US and other FTA partners granted 3 months more so that Costa Rica can complete the approval of the projects and regulations needed in order to bring the trade agreement into force.

The new extension was made official yesterday on the last day provided, so that the efforts of the Government and its allies in favor of CAFTA would not go to waste.

Costa Rica gets second extension on CAFTA

September 2008

Costa Rica received a new indefinite extension to fully approve all the requirements of the FTA with the United States (CAFTA).

Yesterday in New York, the presidents of the countries which have signed the agreement endorsed the procedure with which the Legislative Assembly will amend the last project of the implementation agenda and granted a new extension on the term which was set to expire next Tuesday.