G/TBT/N/DOM/230  
3 September  2019 
(19-5640) Page: 1/2 
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:  
Instituto Dominicano para la Calidad , INDOCAL (Dominican Institute for Quality)  
Calle Olof Palme esquina Núñez de Cáceres, San Gerónimo  
Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, R.D.  
Tel.: (+1) 809 686 2205  
Email: indocal@indocal.gob.do  
www.indocal.gob.do  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notifi cation shall be indicated if different from above:  
Servicio Nacional de Información sobre OTC  (National TBT Enquiry Point)  
Dirección General de Comercio Exterior , DICOEX (Directorate -General for Foreign 
Trade)  
Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Mipymes  (Ministry of Industry, Trade and MSMEs)  
Avenida 27 de febrero No. 302, Santo Domingo, R.D.  
Email: rdotc@mic.gob.do  
Tel.: (+1) 809 567 7192  
Fax: (+1) 809 381 8076  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 
Verification of weighing instrument s for commercial use and for the control of body weight  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Verificación de 
instrumentos de pesar de uso comercial y control de peso corporal  (Verification of 
weighing instruments for commercial use and for the control of body weight) (16 pages, 
in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : Purpose, scope and principles ; Definitions, symbols and 
abbreviations ; Classification ; Verification ; Maximum pe rmissible errors ; Repairs and use ; 
Market surveillance ; and Penalties.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, Labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety.  G/TBT/N/DOM/230  
- 2 - 
  8. Relevant documents:  
• Ley No. 166-12 Sistema Dominicano para la calidad ; 
• NORDOM 100  Sistema Internacional de Unidades (SI) ; 
• International Vocabulary of Metrology 2008 (VIM);  
• OIMLR76 - Non-automatic weighing instruments;  
• OIMLR111 -Weights of classes E1, E2, F1, F2, M1, M1 -2, M2, M2 -3 and M3 . 
Metrological and technical requirements;  
• Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and 
Measuring Devices - NIST HANDB OOK 44 ; 
• Procedimiento M E- 011 para la calibración de "básculas puente -centro español 
de metrología . 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Información sobre OTC  (National TBT Enquiry Point)  
Dirección General de Comercio Exterior , DICOEX (Directorate -General for Foreign 
Trade)  
Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Mipymes  (Ministry of Industry, Trade and MSMEs)  
Avenida 27 de febrero No. 302, Santo Domingo, R.D.  
Email: rdotc@mic.gob.do  
Tel.: (+1) 809 567 7192  
Fax: (+1) 809 381 8076  
https://www.indocal.gob.do/publicaciones/encuesta -publica/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/DOM/19_4831_00_s.pdf