G/SPS/N/DOM/60  
 
5 December 2014  
(14-7114)  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  (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):  Products and by-products of plant or animal origin 
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 para el control 
fitozoosanitario de los artículos reglamentados en tránsito internacional (Draft 
Regulation on the plant and animal health control of regulated articles in international transit)  
Language(s):  Spanish   Number of pages:  13 
Text available at: 
http://cnmsf.gob.do/Portals/0/docs/Texto%2 0Legales/Reglamentos/Sanidad%20Vegetal
/REGLAMENTO%20TR%C3%81NSITO%20INTERNACIONAL.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/DOM/14_5320_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Regulation establishes the plant and animal 
health control mechanisms for regulated articles in international transit through national territory with a view to preventing the introd uction and/or spread of regulated pests in 
the Dominican Republic. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [X] plant 
protection, [X] protect humans from animal /plant pest or disease, [X] protect 
territory from other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/DOM/60 
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:   
[ ] 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)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (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, 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) :  3 February 2015 
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. 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@otcasea.gob.do 
Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do ; http://www.cnmsf.gob.do   
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notifi cation 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@otcasea.gob.do 
Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do ; http://www.cnmsf.gob.do