G/SPS/N/DOM/58  
 
5 December 2014  
(14-7111)  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):  Plants, animals and the by-products thereof 
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 la gestión sanitaria de 
la basura internacional (Draft Regulation on the sanitary management of international 
waste)  
Language(s):  Spanish   Number of pages:  11 
Text available at: 
http://cnmsf.gob.do/Portals/0/docs/Texto%2 0Legales/Reglamentos/Sanidad%20Vegetal
/REGLAMENTO%20BASURA%20INTERNACIONAL.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/DOM/14_5318_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Regulation seeks to regulate the 
management and disposal of waste with potential pest and disease risk generated during international transport to Dominican territory and to protect the agriculture and livestock 
sector, environment, natural resources and human, animal and plant health in the 
country.  
The aims of this draft Regulation are as follows: 
1. To prevent the introduction, spread an d establishment of pests and diseases in 
national territory as a result of international waste;   
2. To protect the health of the inhabitants of the Dominican Republic; 3. To ensure the environmentally sound sanitary management of waste with potential 
pest and disease risk generated during international transport to Dominican territory;
 
4. To define the obligations, prerogatives and powers of the Ministry of Agriculture in 
the context of the sanitary management of international waste.  
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.  
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)  G/SPS/N/DOM/58 
 
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  [ ] 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