. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/DOM/184 
22 October 2012 
 (12-5742) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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:  
Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad , DIGENOR (Directorate-General of 
Standards and Quality Systems) Edificio de Oficinas Gubernamentale s "Juan Pablo Duarte", piso 11 
Avenida México esquina Leopoldo Navarro 
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana Tel.: (+1) 809 686-2205 Fax: (+1) 809 688-3843 E-mail: digenor@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.digenor.gob.do  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 67.120.10 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
NORDOM 67:19-100, Higiene de las carnes.  Norma para el etiquetado de embutidos 
(Dominican Standard No. 67:19-100:  Meat  hygiene.  Standard on sausage labelling) 
(11 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard covers the following:  Definitions;  
Information to be displayed on product labe lling;  Additional mandatory requirements;  
and Language. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish sausage labelling requirements for marketing purposes. G/TBT/N/DOM/184 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
1. CODEX STAN 192-1995, Rev. 7-2006:  Code x General Standard for Food Additives; 
2. CAC/MRL 02-2006:  Maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in foods; 
3. INTE 13-01-01-05, "Norma general de pr oductos cárnicos procesados - Norma 
general de embutidos no regulados por normas individuales - Vocabulario" 
(Costa Rican Technical Standards Institu te (INTECO) Standard No. 13-01-01-05:  
General Standard for processed meat produc ts.  General Standard for sausages not 
covered by individual standards.  Vocabulary); 
4. INTE 13-01-02-05, Norma ge neral de productos cárnicos procesados.  Norma general 
de embutidos no regulados por normas indivi duales.  Especificaciones (Costa Rican 
Technical Standards Institute (INTECO) Standard No. 13-01-02-05:  General 
Standard for processed meat products.  Gene ral Standard for sausages not covered by 
individual standards.  Specifications); 
5. INTE 13-01-06-06, Norma general de productos cárnicos procesados.  
Especificaciones para la salchicha  (Costa Rican Technical Standards Institute 
(INTECO) Standard No. 13-01-06-06:  Gene ral Standard for processed meat products.  
Specifications for sausages); 
6. INTE 13-01-03-06, Norma general de productos cárnicos procesados.  
Especificaciones  (Costa Rican Technical Standards Institute (INTECO) Standard 
No. 13-01-03-06:  General Standard for pr ocessed meat products.  Specifications).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   3 December 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body: 
Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad (DIGENOR) 
Edificio de Oficinas Gubernamentale s "Juan Pablo Duarte", piso 11 
Avenida México esquina Leopoldo Navarro Santo Domingo, República Dominicana Tel.: (+1) 809 686-2205 Fax: (+1) 809 688-3843 E-mail: cendocdigenor@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.digenor.gob.do