G/SPS/N/DOM/67  
 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
 NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: DOMINICAN  REPUBLIC  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Ministerio de Agricultura, Departamento de Sanidad Vegetal  
(Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Plant 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): Pesticides  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the ex tent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Resolución No. 32 -2016, que establece algunas 
directrices sobre el registro y el control de plaguicidas (Resolutio n No. 32-2016 
establishing guidelines for the registration and control of pesticides ) Language(s): 
Spanish  Number of pages: 6 
Text available at:  
http://cnmsf.gob.do/Portals/0/docs/Texto%20Legales/Resoluciones/Sanidad%20Vegetal
/Resolucion%20No.%2032 -
2016.%20Estable%20Algunas%20Directrices %20Sobre%20el%20Registro%20y%20el
%20Control%20de%20Plaguicidas.pdf  
6. Description of content: The notified  Resolution  establ ishes guidelines for the proper 
implementation  of certain  provisions of  Law No. 311 of 2 May 1988 on the use and 
control of pestic ides and its Implementing Regulation  No. 322 of 12 July 1988 in respect 
of the following : 
 validity  of the certificate of free sale  at the time of the application for pesticide 
registration ; 
 efficacy trials ; 
 quality  control  analysis ;  
 inclusio n and exclusio n of recommended crops ; 
 waiting period s;  
 publicatio n of registration applications ; 
 origin and provenance ;  
 addition  of manufacturers ;  
 expiry  dates .  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X] food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans  from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/DOM/67  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or rel ated text) :  
[ ] World Organi sation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant  international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [  ] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The notified Resolution is based on the  revised version of the  
International Code of Conduct on the Dist ribution and Use of Pesticides, adopted by the 
Hundred and Twenty -third Session of the Council of the  Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and on the  Guidelines for the Registration of 
Pesticides of the  International Code of Conduct on the Dis tribution and Use of Pesticides , 
adopted by the FAO and the World Health Organizatio n in April 2010.   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 5 December 2016  
Proposed date of p ublication (dd/mm/yy) : 5 December 2016  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Immediate ly 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation  of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ X] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:    
Oficina de Tr atados 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 6½ Autopis ta 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 
E-mail: rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com  
 info@cnmsf.gob.do  
Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do  
 http://www.cnmsf.gob.do  G/SPS/N/DOM/67  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [ X] National Notification Authority, [ X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail 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 Informació n MSF ante la OMC  
Km 6½ 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 
E-mail:  rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com  
 info@cnmsf.gob.do  
Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do  
 http://www.cnmsf.gob.do