G/TBT/N/DOM/237  
22 May 2023 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones  (Ministry of Public Works and 
Communications)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones  
Dirección General de Reglamentos y Sistemas  (Directorate -General for Regulations and 
Systems)  
Calle Homero Hernández Esq . Horacio Blanco Fo mbona,  
Ensanche La Fe, Santo Domingo,  
Responsible for handling notifications:  
Rosa Ortiz  
Tel.: (+1 809) -565-2811, Ext. 6036 and 3010  
Mobile : (+1 829) -962-9975 
Email: r.ortiz@mopc.gob.do ; rosymaggiolo@hotmail.com  
and 
Xiomara Almodóvar  
Tel.: (+1 809) -565-2811, Ext. 9298  
Mobile : (+1 809) -258-1529 
Email: x.almodovar@mopc.gob.do ; xiomaralmodovar@hotmail.com  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 91.100.30 
Concrete and concrete products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : RT-103 
REGLAMENTO  TÉCNICO DE BLOQUES HUECOS DE HORMIGÓN  (RT-103 Technical 
regulation on hollow concrete blocks) ; (15 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/DOM/237  
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  6. Description of content : The notified regulation covers the following : Purpose and scope;  
Definitions;  
Specifications;  
Provisions for use on site;  
Sampling and testing;  
Quality control requirements;  
Testing laboratory requirements;  
Conformity assessment procedure;  
General application criteria.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : National security requirements ; Protection of human health and safety ; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  
• ASTM C426, Standard Test Method for Linear Drying Shrinkage of Concrete Masonry 
Units - ASTM International.  
• ISO/ IEC 2005 , General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration 
laboratories - International Organization for Standardization.  
• ISO/ IEC 17065 , Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies certifying products, 
processes and services - International Organization for Standardization.  
• Dominican Standard (NORDOM) No. 461, Bloques Huecos de Hormigón - 
Especificaciones Generales  - Instituto Dominicano para la Calidad , INDOCAL (Dominican 
Institute for Quality).  
• NORDOM No. 635, Hormigón y Agregados para el Hormigón - Terminología y 
Definiciones  - INDOCAL.  
• Colombian Technical Standard (NTC) No. 4026, Ingeniería Civil y Arquitectura . Unidades 
(Bloques y Ladrillos) de Concreto, para Mampostería Estructural  - Instituto Colombiano 
de Normas Técnicas y Certificación , ICONTEC (Colombian Institute for Technical 
Standards and Certification ). 
9. Proposed date of adoption : First quarter of 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force : Third quarter of 2024 (six months after official 
approval and publication) ; six months after adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
https://www.mopc.gob.do/dgrs/vista -p%C3%BAblica/  
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