G/SPS/N/DOM/54  
6 August 2014  
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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: Dirección General de Ganadería (DIG EGA), Ministerio de Agricultura  
(Directorate-General of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture) 
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): Veterinary drugs and similar 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: Decreto No. 354-10 que establece el Reglamento 
Técnico de Límites Máximos de Residuos de Medicamentos Veterinarios y afines en alimentos de origen animal  (Decree No. 354-10 establishing the Technical Regulation on 
the Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for veterinary drugs and similar products in food of 
animal origin) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 7 
http://www.cnmsf.gob.do/Portals/0/docs/Text o%20Legales/Decretos/Inocuidad%20Agroal
imentaria/DECRETO%20354-10.pdf 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/DOM/14_3527_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the Maximum 
Residue Limits (MRLs) authorized for veterinary drugs and similar products and the 
metabolites thereof in the various establishmen ts engaged in the production of food for 
human consumption in the Dominican Republic. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ 
] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/DOM/54 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission ( e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text ) CAC/LMR 2-2012: Maximum Residue Limits for 
Veterinary Drugs in Foods, 2012 
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/v etdrugs/data/M RL2_e_2012.pdf 
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ) 
[ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
Document available in Spanish on the website of the Dominican Republic's National Committee for the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: 
http://www.cnmsf.gob.do/Portals/0/docs/Text o%20Legales/Decretos/Inocuidad%20Agroal
imentaria/DECRETO%20354-10.pdf 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 28 June 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 28 June 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
[ ] 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 hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email 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 6 ½ 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 
Email: rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com  info@cnmsf.gob.do 
Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do/  
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  13. Texts available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email 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 6 ½ 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 Email: rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com 
 info@cnmsf.gob.do 
Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do/  
 http://www.cnmsf.gob.do/