G/SPS/N/DOM/64  
13 September 2016  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosan itary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Dirección General de Ganadería, bajo la Dirección de Sanidad 
Animal, Ministerio de Agricultura  (Directorate -General of Livestock , Animal Health 
Directorate, 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) : Bovine animals, horses, swin e, poultry, bees, rabbits, sheep and 
goats, products and by -products, and species of animal s affected by rabies and foot -and-
mouth disease.  
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 : Resolución No. 13-2015 que establece la lista de 
enfermedades animales de declaración obligatoria y en el territorio nacional  (Resolution 
No. 13-2015 establishing a list of the animal dis eases that are notifiable in national 
territory) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 4 
http://cnmsf.gob.do/Portals/0/docs/Texto%20Legales/Resoluciones/Sanidad%20Animal/R
es.%2013 -2015.pdf  
6. Description of content : This Resolution  lists the animal diseas es that are notifiable in 
national territory.  
Veterinary professionals and technicians, animal owners, livestock workers, inspectors, 
transporters and any other individuals with links to livestock must properly notify, in a 
timely manner, the Directorate -General of Livestock at the Ministry of Agriculture of the 
suspected or confirmed presence of any of the diseases listed in Article 1 of the Resolution . 
Veterinary professionals and technicians, animal owners, livestock workers, inspectors, 
transporters and  any other individuals with links to livestock must immediately notify the 
Directorate -General of Livestock, by the quickest means possible, of the suspected or 
confirmed presence of an exotic disease.  
It is also mandatory to notify any unusual rise in mor tality and/or morbidity  rates on 
farms, even where the presence of a disease listed in Article 1 or an exotic disease is not 
suspected.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety , [X] animal health , [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/pl ant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/DOM/64  
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard ? 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. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  Chapter 1.3.  Diseases, infections and 
infestations . Articles 1.3.1. - 1.3.8.  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM 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 availab le:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 6 May 2 015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 6 May 2 015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Immediately.  
[ ] 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 handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fa x 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 Con tacto/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@g mail.com  
 info@cnmsf.gob.do  
Website:  http://www.otcasea.gob.do/  
 http://www.cnmsf.gob.do/  G/SPS/N/DOM/64  
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  13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enqui ry 
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  
 Fitosanitaria s (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/