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G/TBT/N/DOM/5/Rev.2 
22 October 2012 
 (12-5750) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   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 13.060 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Agua procesada 
potable para bebida.  Especificaciones (Processed drinking water.  Specifications) 
(15 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:  The notified Standard covers the following:  Definitions;  
Essential composition and quality factors;  Hygien e;  Labelling and packaging;  Transport;  
and Marketing. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified Standard applies to packaged/ bottled drinking waters other than natural 
mineral waters, as defined in Dominican Sta ndard No. 587 "Water quality.  Natural mineral 
waters.  Specifications" ( NORDOM 587, Calidad del Agua.  Aguas Minerales Naturales.  
Especificaciones ) and fit for human consumption. G/TBT/N/DOM/5/Rev.2 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
1. CODEX STAN 227-2001:  General Standard  for Bottled/Packaged Drinking Waters 
(Other than Natural Mineral Waters); 
2. Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality, Third Edition, Volume 1, Recommendations, 
World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, 2004; 
3. NORDOM 64, 2da Revisión, Agua Potable Envasada (Dominican Standard No. 64 
(Second revision):  Packaged drinking water), 2003; 
4. Reglamento de Aguas para Consumo Humano, Consejo Nacional de Salud  
(Regulation governing water for human c onsumption, National Health Council), 
Santo Domingo, 2003. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: } To be determined.  
 Final date for comments:   3 November 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