G/SPS/N/DOM/51  
4 March 2014  
(14-1304)  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 num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Registration and accreditation procedures for enterprises which 
ensure compliance with Good Agricultural Practices 
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: Procedimientos de registro y acreditación en el país 
de aquellas empresas autorizadas para desarrollar certificación de los procesos de cumplimiento de Buenas Prácticas Agropecuarias exigidos en los diferentes mercados 
comerciales (Procedures for the registration and accreditation in the Dominican Republic 
of enterprises authorized to provide the Good Agricultural Practice compliance certification required by the various commercial markets)  
Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 4 
Text available at: 
http://cnmsf.gob.do/Portals/0/docs/Texto%20Legales/Resoluciones/Resoluci%C3%B3n%2
02-2014.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/DOM/14_1124_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: All enterprises established in the Dominican Republic which 
develop Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) or Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) programmes or any other procedures for ensuring the safety of domestic agrifood 
production are required to register with the Department of Food Safety (DIA) of the 
Ministry of Agriculture.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] 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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  G/SPS/N/DOM/51 
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  [ ] 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 langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
Document available in Spanish on the Web portal of the Dominican Republic's National 
Committee for the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: 
http://cnmsf.gob.do/Portals/0/docs/Texto%20Legales/Resoluciones/Resoluci%C3%B3n%2
02-2014.pdf.  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 27 January 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 27 January 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication,  
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 
[ ] 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 May 2014 
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: 
Doraluisa Sánchez 
Directora de la 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 
Email: dsanchez@otcasea.gob.do  
 rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com 
 info@cnmsf.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 email address (if available) of other body:  
Doraluisa Sánchez 
Directora de la 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 
Email: dsanchez@otcasea.gob.do  
 rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com 
 info@cnmsf.gob.do 
Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do  
 http://www.cnmsf.gob.do