G/SPS/N/DOM/70  
 
16 May 2017  
(17-2583) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
 NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: DOMINICAN  REPUBLIC  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Ministerio de Agricultura, Departamento de Sanidad Vegetal  
(Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Plant Health)  
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): Botanical pesticides, microbiological pesticides , 
processing aids and growth regulators   
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: Resolución No. 35 -2016, que establece los requisi tos 
para el registro de plaguicidas  (Resolutio n No. 35 -2016 laying down pesticide 
registration  requirements ) Language(s): Spanish  Number of pages: 7 
Text available at:  
http://cnmsf.gob.do/Portals/0/docs/Texto%20Legales/Resoluciones/Sanidad%20Vegetal
/Resolucion%20No.%2 035.%20Establece%20los%20Requisitos%20para%20el%20Regi
stro%20de%20Plaguicidas%20Botanicos%20%20de%20uso%20Agric..pdf  
6. Description of content: The purpose of the notified  Resolution is to lay down the 
requirements for the registration of botanical pesti cides, microbiological pesticides, 
processing aids and growth regulators for agricultural use . 
7. Objective and rationale: [ X] food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territor y 
from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organi sation for Animal Health (O IE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [  ] No  
If no, desc ribe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/DOM/70  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 5 December 2016  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/ yy): 5 December 2016  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Immediate ly 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notificati on and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ X] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail 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. Jardi nes 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: rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com  
 info@cnmsf.gob.do  
Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do  
 http://www.cnmsf.gob.do  
13. Text(s) available from: [ X] National Notification Authority, [ X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail 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 
E-mail:  rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com  
 info@cnmsf.gob.do  
Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do  
 http://www.cnmsf.gob.do