G/SPS/N/DOM/57/Rev.1  
13 March  2017 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 products and by -products.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading p artners  
[ ] 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 : 28 
http://cnmsf.gob.do/Portals/0/docs/Texto%20Leg ales/Leyes/Sanidad%20Animal/Anteproy
ecto%20de%20Ley%20de%20Proteccion%20%20Zoosanitaria.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 this Law govern matters of public policy and social 
interest.  
The following Articles have been amended in the first revision of the Law:  
 3 (paragraphs "a", "b", "c" and "d");  
 4 (paragraph "c");  
 8 (paragraphs "a" , "b" and "c");  
 9 (paragraphs "f", "h", "i" and "n");  
 10, 16, 22, 25, 28, 35;  
 36 (paragraphs III and IV);  
 40 and paragraphs thereof;  
 41; 
 43 (paragraph "a");  
 48, 49, 51;  
 54 (paragraphs "c" and "e");  
 57, 58;  
 Insertion of second and third transitional provisi ons. G/SPS/N/DOM/57/Rev.1  
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  7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, id entify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant  Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
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 d ate 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 dat e of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 12 May 2 017 
Agency or authority designated to handle 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 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  
Email:  rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com  
info@otcasea.gob.do  
Website:  http://www.otcasea.gob.do/ ; 
http://www.cnmsf.gob.do/  G/SPS/N/DOM/57/Rev.1  
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  13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if avail able) 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 Informaci ón 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  
Email:  rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com;  
info@otcasea.gob.do  
Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do/ ; 
http://www.cnmsf.gob.do/