G/TBT/N/DOM/235  
10 March  2023 
(23-1766) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones  (Ministry of Public Works and 
Communications)/ Dirección General de Reglamentos y Sistemas  (Directorate General of 
Regulations and Systems)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, ema il and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Dirección General de Reglamentos y Sistemas:  
Rosa Ortiz - Office : (809) 565 -2811, ext. 6036/2010 / Mobile : (829) 962 -9975 
Email: r.ortiz@mopc.gob.do  / rosymaggiolo@hotmail.com  
Xiomara Almodóvar - Office : (809) 565 -2811, ext. 9298 / Mobile : (809) 258 -1529 
Email: x.almodovar@mopc.gob.do  / xiomaralmodovar@hotmail.com  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Hydraulic 
cements, incl. cement clinkers, whether or not coloured (HS Code : 2523); Refractory 
cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, excluding products in section 
38.01 (HS code : 3816); Construction materials (ICS code : 91.100) . 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : RT-101 
REGLAMENTO TÉCNICO DE CEMENTOS  HIDRÁULICOS  (RT-101 Technical Regulation on 
Hydraulic Cement) (18 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation contains  information on : 
·Purpose and scope  
 Definitions and notations  
 Product specifications  
 Labelling an d packaging  
 Storage and transportation  
 Test sample  
 Quality control requirements  
 Testing laboratory requirements  
 Conformity assessment  G/TBT/N/DOM/235  
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   - of official inspections  
 - of national production  
 - of imports  
 Required documentation  
 Official inspection procedure  
 General implementation criteria  
 Legal provisions  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : National security requirements ; Consumer information ; Labelling ; 
Prevention of misleading practic es; Consumer protection ; Protection of human health and 
safety ; Protection of the environment ; Quality requirements.  
8. Relevant documents:  
ASTM C511, Standard Specification for Mixing Rooms, Moist Cabinets, Moist Rooms, and 
Water Storage Tanks Used in th e Testing of Hydraulic Cements and Concretes, 2021, 
ASTM International. @• ASTM E11, Standard Specification for Woven Wire Test Sieve 
Cloth and Test Sieves, 2020, ASTM International. @• ASTM C778, Standard Specification 
for Standard Sand, 2021, ASTM Intern ational. @• ASTM C150 -2017, Standard 
Specification for Portland Cement, 2017, ASTM International. @• ASTM C595 -2018, 
Standard Specification for Blended Hydraulic Cements, 2018, ASTM International. @• 
ASTM C1157 -2011, Standard Performance Specification for Hydraulic Cement, 2011, 
ASTM International.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : First quarter of 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months after adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Información sobre OTC  (National TBT enquiry point)  
Viceministerio de Comercio Exterior , VICOMEX (Vice -Ministr y of Foreign Trade)  
Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Mypimes , MICM (Ministry of Industry, Trade and 
MSMEs)  
Avenida 27 de Febrero No. 306 
Torre MICM  
Bella Vista  
Tel.: (+1 809) -685-5171 
Email: rdotc@micm.gob.do  
Website: https://micm.gob.do  
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