. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/DOM/183 
24 October 2012 
 (12-5741) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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:  
Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad , DIGENOR (Directorate-General of 
Standards and Quality Systems) Edificio de Oficinas Gubernamentale s "Juan Pablo Duarte", piso 11 
Avenida México esquina Leopoldo Navarro 
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana Tel.: (+1) 809 686-2205 Fax: (+1) 809 688-3843 E-mail: digenor@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.digenor.gob.do  
Name and address (including telephone 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 different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 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 provided in addition, where applicable):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 67.100.10 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Leche pasteurizada, 
esterilizada y ultrapasteurizada, UHT (Pasteurized, sterilized and ultra-pasteurized (UHT) 
milk) (13 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard covers the following:  Definitions;  
Essential composition factors;  Classification;  Physical requirements;  Microbiological 
requirements;  Contaminants;  Hygiene;  Tests and analysis;  Packaging and Labelling;  and Storage and transport. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the characteristics of and requirements to be met by pasteurized, sterilized and 
ultra-pasteurized (UHT) milk for ma rketing and direct consumption. G/TBT/N/DOM/183 
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  8. Relevant documents: 
1. Norma ICAITI 34 041, Leche de vaca  pasteurizada, homogeneizada o no 
(Central American Institute of Indus trial Research and Technology Standard 
No. 34 041:  Pasteurized cow's milk, whether or not homogenized); 
2. Norma Técnica Colombiana, NTC 506:  Productos lácteos.  Leche entera pasteurizada 
(Colombian Technical Standard No. 506:  Milk products.  Pasteurized whole milk); 
3. Norma Dominicana (NORDOM) 206:  Leche y productos lácteos.  Leche esterilizada, 
UHT  (Dominican Standard No. 206:  Milk and milk products.  Sterilized (UHT) milk); 
4. Norma Dominicana (NORDOM) 150:  Leche y productos lácteos.  Leche pasteurizada 
y homogeneizada.  Especificaciones  (Dominican Standard No. 150:  Milk and 
milk products.  Pasteurized and homogenized milk.  Specifications); 
5. Decreto (Decree) No. 616, February 2006, Colombia; 
6. Norma Salvadoreña, NSO (Salvadoran Standard) No. 67.01.02:07; 
7. Reglamento de leche y productos lácteos del Ministerio de Salud Pública  (Ministry of 
Public Health Regulation on m ilk and milk products), 2012; 
8. Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR de id entidad y calidad de la leche UAT  
(MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on the identity and quality of UHT milk). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   3 December 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body: 
Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad (DIGENOR) 
Edificio de Oficinas Gubernamentale s "Juan Pablo Duarte", piso 11 
Avenida México esquina Leopoldo Navarro Santo Domingo, República Dominicana 
Tel.: (+1) 809 686-2205 
Fax: (+1) 809 688-3843 E-mail: cendocdigenor@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.digenor.gob.do