G/SPS/N/DOM/50  
8 August 2013  
(13-4219)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
1. Notifying Member: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Ministerio de Agricultura/Consejo Dominicano de Pesca y 
Acuicultura,  CODOPESCA  (Ministry of Agriculture/Dominican Council for Fisheries 
and Aquaculture) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Shrimps coming under HS tariff heading 0306 (subheadings 0306.00, 
0306.17.00, 0306.26.00, 0306.27, 0306.2711, 0306.2719, 0306.2991 and 0306.2999). Live or dead shrimps, at any stage of de velopment and in any form of presentation 
(frozen, raw, precooked, cooked, other).  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries: Bangladesh, China, Malaysia, Mexico, 
 Thailand, Vietnam  
5. Title of the notified document: Resolución No. 52-2013 sobre Suspensión Importación 
de Camarones  (Resolution No. 52-2013 suspending the importation of shrimps) 
Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 2 
Text available at: 
"http://cnmsf.gob.do/Portals/0/docs/Texto%20Legales/Resoluciones/Sanidad%20Animal/r
esoluci%C3%B3n%2052-2013.pdf " 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/DOM/13_3151_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: The aim of the notified Resolution No. 52-2013 is to suspend 
imports into the Dominican Republic of live or  dead shrimps, at any stage of development 
and in any form of presentation (frozen, raw, precooked, cooked, other). 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s)  and reason for urgent action: Outbreaks of the 
disease known as Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis 
Syndrome (AHPNS) have been reported in various Asian countries and the introduction of this disease into the Dominican Republic would put shrimp farms in the country at risk, 
given the associated high morbidity and mortality. G/SPS/N/DOM/50 
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  9. Is there a relevant international stan dard? If so, identify the standard: 
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)  
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number) 
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 20 
[ ] 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:  
10. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
Document available on the Web portal of the Dominican Republic's National Committee for 
the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: 
"http://cnmsf.gob.do/Portals/0/docs/Texto%20Legales/Resoluciones/Sanidad%20Animal/r
esoluci%C3%B3n%2052-2013.pdf " (available in Spanish) 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
25 July 2013 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Doraluisa Sánchez 
Directora de la 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: dsanchez@otcasea.gob.do 
 rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com 
 info@cnmsf.gob.do Website:  http://www.otcasea.gob.do  and http://www.cnmsf.gob.do  
13. Texts available from: [X] National Noti fication Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Doraluisa Sánchez 
Directora de la 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: dsanchez@otcasea.gob.do 
 rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com  info@cnmsf.gob.do 
Website:  http://www.otcasea.gob.do  and http://www.cnmsf.gob.do