WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/DOM/39 
23 February 2010 
 (10-1000) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad a través de su 
Departamento de Normalización  (Directorate-General of Standards and Quality Systems, 
Department of Standardization) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Agricultural products and feeds 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Anteproyecto de Norma RTD-67:33:2-012.  
Contaminantes Alimentarios.  Código de Prác ticas para la Prevención y la Reducción de la 
Contaminación de los Alimentos y Piensos con Dioxina y BPC Análogos a las Dioxinas  
(Proposed draft Dominican Technical Regulation (RTD) No. 67:33:2-012:  Food 
Contaminants.  Code of Practice for th e Prevention and Reduction of Dioxin and 
Dioxin-Like PCB Contamination in Foods and Feeds) Language:  Spanish Number of 
pages:  17 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/DOM/10_0767_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Code of Practice focuses on the measures (e.g. Good 
Agricultural Practices, Good Manufacturi ng Practices, Good Storage Practices, Good 
Animal Feeding Practices and Good Laboratory Practices) that may be adopted by national 
authorities, farmers, and feed and food ma nufacturers to prevent or reduce dioxin and 
dioxin-like PCB contamination in foods and feeds.  It applies to the production and use of all materials destined for feed (including gr azing or free-range feeding, forage crop 
production and aquaculture) and food at all leve ls whether produced industrially or on a 
farm. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests. G/SPS/N/DOM/39 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  CAC/RCP 62-2006:  Code of Practice for the Prevention and 
Reduction of Dioxin and Dioxin-Like PCB Contamination in Foods and Feeds. 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] 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:  See the 
DIGENOR website ( http://www.digenor.gob.do/ ) and click on " Ver Doc. Encuesta 
Pública/Notificaciones OTC-OMC y DR-CAFTA " (Documents subject to public review and 
comment/WTO TBT notifications and the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement) (available in Spanish) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  9 March 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Unknown 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  9 September 2010 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  24 April 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ms Ruth Montes de Oca S. 
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 Calle 13, No. 4A, esq. Espiral, Urb. Fernández, Apartado Postal No. 10129 Santo Domingo, D.N., República Dominicana Tel.: +(809) 227 6188;  +(809) 227 3164;  +(809) 547 1575 Fax: +(809) 540 5943 
E-mail: rmontesdeoca@otcasea.gob.do;  rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com; 
 info@cnmsf.gob.do Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do/
;  http://www.cnmsf.gob.do/   G/SPS/N/DOM/39 
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  13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad (DIGENOR) 
Departamento de Normalización Avenida México, esq. Leopoldo Navarro, Edificio  Juan Pablo Duarte (El Huacal), Piso 11 
Santo Domingo, D.N., República Dominicana 
Tel.: +(809) 686 2205 Fax: +(809) 221 5613;  +(809) 688 3843 E-mail: direcciongeneral@digenor .gob.do;  digenor@gmail.com 
Website: http://www.digenor.gob.do/