G/SPS/N/DOM/17/Rev.1  
 
19 July 2016  
(16-3865)  Page: 1/3  
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 Salud Pública , MSP (Ministry of Public Health), 
Ministerio de Agricultura  (Ministry of Agriculture), Instituto Nacional de Protección de los 
Derechos del Consumidor , Pro Consumidor (National Institute for the Protection of 
Consumer Rights) and Consejo Nacional para la Reglamentación y Fomento de la 
Industria Lechera , CONALECHE (National Council for the Regulation and Promotion of the 
Dairy Industry) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Milk and milk 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: Proyecto de Reglamento Sanitario de Leche y 
Productos Lácteos de la República Dominicana  (Draft Sanitary Regulation of the 
Dominican Republic on milk and milk products) 
Language(s): Spanish  Number of pages: 81 
Text available at: 
http://cnmsf.gob.do/Portals/0/docs/Texto%2 0Legales/Reglamentos/Proyecto%20de%20
Reglamento%20sanitario%20de%20Leche% 20y%20Productos%20l%C3%A1cteos%20d
e%20la%20Rep%C3%BAblica%20Dominicana.pdf  
6. Description of content: The aim of the notified draft Regulation is to lay down the 
legal, technical and administrative rules relating to the safety of milk and milk products during production, distribution and consumption. 
This draft Regulation also lays down the sanitary requirements to be met by 
establishments engaged in the production, processing, storage, transport and marketing of milk and milk products, whether intended for domestic consumption or export, with a 
view to ensuring their safety.   
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [ ] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international st andard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)  
 Codex Alimentarius: Milk and milk products 
 CODEX-STAN 192-1995: General Standard for Food Additives G/SPS/N/DOM/17/Rev.1 
 
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  [ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] 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:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined 
Proposed date 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 date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 17 September 2016 
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:    
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  
13. Texts 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