G/TBT/N/DOM/215  
16 October 2013  
(13-5683)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Instituto Dominicano para la Calidad , INDOCAL (Dominican Institute for Quality) 
Calle Oloff Palme esquina Av. Núñez de Cáceres Santo Domingo, República Dominicana Tel.: 1 809 686-2205 
Fax: 1 809 688-3843 
E-mail: indocal@indocal.gob.do  
Website: http://www.indocal.gob.do  
Name and address (including teleph one and fax numbers and e-mail and 
website addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle 
comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if di fferent from above:   
3. Notified under Arti cle 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [  ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable):  
International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 67.200.10 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  NORDOM 235 
(1ra Rev.) Aceite de soya refinado, Especificaciones (Dominican Standard (NORDOM) 
No. 235 (First Revision): Refined soya bean oil, Specifications) (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  The notified Standard covers the following: Definitions; 
General, organoleptic and physico-chemical requirements; Composition; Contaminants; Food additives; Sampling; Test method; Packaging; and Labelling. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This Standard lays down the requirements that refined soya bean oil must 
meet in order to be considered fit for human consumption. G/TBT/N/DOM/215 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Central American Institute for Research and Industrial Technology (ICAITI) 
Standard No. 34094: Aceites y Grasas Comestibles  (Edible oils and fats); 
- Codex Alimentarius Commission/Recommended International Standard (CAC/RS) 
No. 20-1969 on Edible Soya Bean Oil; 
- CODEX STAN 210-1999: Codex Standard for Named Vegetable Oils; 
- Colombian Institute of Technical Standards and Certification (ICONTEC) Standard 
No. 254: Grasas y aceites comestibles. Aceite de soya.  (Edible fats and oils. 
Soya bean oil.), 1977; 
- Institute for Industrial and Technological Investigation and Technical Standards 
(ITINTEC) Standard No. 209.107, December 1975; 
- Venezuelan Commission for Industrial Standards (COVENIN) Standard No. 744-1999: 
Aceites y grasas comestibles. Aceite comestible de soya  (Edible oils and fats. Edible 
soya bean oil); 
- DGN Standard No. F-252: Aceite puro de soya sin hidrogenar  (Pure unhydrogenated 
soya bean oil), 1975; 
- Spanish Standard UNE-55-097-73: Materias grasas. Aceite de soya refinado para el 
consumo alimentario (Fats. Refined food-gra de soya bean oil); 
- Dominican Standard (NORDOM) No. 439: Aceites y Grasas. Especificaciones.  
(Oils and fats. Specifications).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined. 
To be determined. 
10. Final date for comments:  15 December 2013 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresse s, if available, of other body: 
Instituto Dominicano para la Calidad, INDOCAL 
Calle Oloff Palme esquina Av. Núñez de Cáceres 
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana 
Tel.: 1 809 686-2205 Fax: 1 809 688-3843 E-mail: indocal@indocal.gob.do  
Website: http://www.indocal.gob.do