G/TBT/N/DOM/234  
10 March  2023 
(23-1761) 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:  
Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones (Ministry of Public Works and 
Communications)/ Dirección General de Reglamentos y Sistemas  (Directorate General of 
Regulations and Systems)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, ema il and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Dirección General de Reglamentos y Sistemas:  
Rosa Ortiz - Office : (809) 565 -2811, ext. 6036/2010 / Mobile : (829) 962 -9975 
Email: r.ortiz@mopc.gob.do  / rosymaggiolo@hotmail.com  
Xiomara Almodóvar - Office : (809) 565 -2811, ext. 9298 / Mobile : (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) : Concrete 
and concrete products (ICS Code 91.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : RT-102 
REGLAMENTO TÉCNICO DE HORMIGÓN HIDRÁULICO  (RT-102 Technical Regulation on 
hydraulic concrete) (22 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation contains information on:  
 Genera l considerations  
·Purpose and scope  
 Definitions and notations  
 Requirements  
 Product specifications  
 General criteria  
 Material requirements  
 Mixing requirements  
 Provisions of the marketing process  
 Design and construction criteria  G/TBT/N/DOM/234  
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   Use of concrete in construction  
 Hydraulic concrete classes by strength  
 Uses of concrete based on their strength  
 Inspection criteria  
 Sampling  
 Quality control requirements  
 Laboratory testing requirements  
 Conformity assessment  
 - of official inspections  
 - of producers  
 Official inspection procedure  
 Final provisions  
 General implementation criteria  
 Legal provisions  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : National security requirements ; Protection of human health and safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
• ACI 318 , Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete. - American Concrete 
Institute.  
• ASTM C94/C 94M, Standard Specification for Ready -Mixed Concrete. - ASTM 
International.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : First quarter of 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force : 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:  
Servicio Nacional de Información sobre OTC  (National TBT enquiry point)  
Viceministerio de Comercio Exterior , VICOMEX (Vice -Ministry of Foreign Trade)  
Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Mypimes , MICM (Ministry of Industry, Trade and 
MSMEs)  
Avenida 27 de Febrero No. 306 
Torre MICM  
Bella Vista  
Tel.: (+1 809) -685-5171 
Email: rdotc@micm.gob.do  
Website: https://micm.gob.do  
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