G/SPS/N/DOM/17/Rev.2  
15 March  2018 
(18-1580) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
1. Notifying Member : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : El Ministerio de Salud Pública , MSP (Ministry of  Public Health)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Milk and milk products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Proyecto de Reglamento Sanitario de Leche y Productos 
Lácteos de la República Dominicana  (Draft Sanitary Regul ation of the Dominican Republic 
on milk and milk products ) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 118 
Text available at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/DOM/18_1387_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content : The draft Sanitary Regulation of the Dominican Republic on milk 
and milk products, which seeks to establish legal, technical and administrative standards 
relating to safety in the production, distribution and consumption of milk and milk 
products, has been replaced.  
The notified draft Sanitary Regulation will establish the sanitary specifications to be met by 
establishments engaged in the production, proces sing, sto rage, transport and marketing of 
milk and milk products, with a view to ensuring the safety of such products, whether 
intended for domestic consumption or export.  
 
 
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protect ion, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission ( e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text ) 
Codex Alimentarius : Milk and milk products  
CODEX -STAN 192 -1995: General Standard for Food Additives  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : G/SPS/N/DOM/17/Rev.2  
- 2 - 
  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Undetermined  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Undetermined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): Undetermined  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/o r (dd/mm/yy ): 14 May 2 018 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Oficina de Tratados Comerciales Agrícolas (OTCA), Ministerio de Agricultura (Office of 
Agricultural Trade Agreements, Ministry of Agriculture)  
Secretaría Ejecutiva del Comité Nacional para la Aplicación de las Medidas Sanitarias y 
Fitosanitarias , CNMSF (Executive Secretariat for the National Committee for the Application 
of Sanitary and Phytosani tary Measures)  
Punto de Contacto/Servicio Nacional de Información MSF ante la OMC (Contact/National 
SPS enquiry point to the WTO)  
Km 6 ½ Autopista Duarte, Urb . Jardines del Norte, CP 10602  
Santo Domingo, D.N., República Dominicana  
Tel.: (+809) 227 6188  
 (+809) 227 3164  
 (+809) 547 1575  
Fax: (+809) 540 5943  
Email:  rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com  
 info@cnmsf.gob.do  
Website:  http://www.otcasea.gob.do/  
 http:// www.cnmsf.gob.do/  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Oficina de Tratados Comerciales Agrícolas (OTCA), Ministerio de Agricultura  
Secretaría Ejecutiva del Comité Nacional para la Aplicación de las Medidas Sanitarias y 
Fitosanitarias, CNMSF  
Punto de Contacto/Servicio Nacional de Información MSF ante la OMC  
Km 6 ½ Autopista Duarte, Urb . Jardines del Norte, CP 10602  
Santo Domingo, D.N ., República Dominicana  
Tel.: (+809) 227 6188  
 (+809) 227 3164  
 (+809) 547 1575  
Fax: (+809) 540 5943  
Email:  rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com  
 info@cnmsf.gob.do  
Website:  http://www.otcasea.gob.do/  
 http://www.cnmsf.gob.do/