G/SPS/N/DOM/63  
11 July 2016  
(16-3695)  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) and Ministerio de 
Salud Pública y Asistencia Social , MISPAS (Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Cattle and other ruminant animals 
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: Reglamento No. 205-15 para la prevención y el control 
de la Encefalopatía Espongiforme Bovina (EEB)  (Regulation No. 205-15 for the prevention 
and control of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)) Language(s): Spanish Number 
of pages: 14 
Text available at: 
http://www.cnmsf.gob.do/Portals/0/docs/Te xto%20Legales/Reglam entos/Sanidad%20Ani
mal/Reglamento%20205-15.pdf   
6. Description of content: The notified Regulation seeks to create and implement the 
Programme for the prevention and control of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). 
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been declared a notifiable disease 
throughout the territory of the Dominican Republic. Pursuant to this provision, any person who suspects or diagnoses the presence of BSE in live or dead animals belonging to that 
person or to another individual, must notify the relevant competent authority within 
24 hours. The official delegate to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) will notify the OIE of all confirmed cases of BSE. 
The relevant competent authority will carry out a BSE risk analysis, based on the latest 
version of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code. By implementing the notified Regulation, the Dominican Republic will be able to obtain a specific BSE risk status, in accordance with the guidelines established by the OIE. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety , [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)  
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  Chapter 11.4 Bovine Spongiform G/SPS/N/DOM/63 
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  Encephalopathy 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ) 
[ ] 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) : 8 June 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 8 June 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable. 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email 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 6 ½ 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 Email: 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 email 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 6 ½ 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 
Email: rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com 
 info@cnmsf.gob.do Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do/  
 http://www.cnmsf.gob.do/