G/SPS/N/DOM/57  
 
5 December 2014  
(14-7110)  Page: 1/2  
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  (Ministry of Agriculture) 
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):  Animals and animal by-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:  Anteproyecto de Ley de protección zoosanitaria  
(Preliminary draft animal protection law)  
Language(s):  Spanish   Number of pages:  27 
Text available at: 
http://cnmsf.gob.do/Portals/0/docs/Texto%2 0Legales/Leyes/Sanidad%20Animal/LEY%2
0DE%20PROTECCION%20ZOOSANITARIA%20%202013.pdf   
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/DOM/14_5317_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Law seeks to establish basic rules for 
animal health protection in the Dominican Republic, with a view to preventing, 
controlling and/or eradicating diseases and pests that affect animals, protecting human 
health from zoonoses, facilitating domestic and international trade in animals and products and by-products of animal origin, and ensuring proper control of veterinary 
drugs and establishments. The provisions of th is Law govern matters of public policy and 
social interest.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:   
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)  
[ ] World Organization 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 G/SPS/N/DOM/57 
 
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   If no, describe, whenever possible,  how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
Updating of the basic legislation to ensure full compliance with the WTO SPS Agreement, 
signed by the Dominican Republic in 1994. 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  3 February 2015  
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 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 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@otcasea.gob.do 
Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do ; http://www.cnmsf.gob.do  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notifi cation 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 Información 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@otcasea.gob.do 
Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do ; http://www.cnmsf.gob.do