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G/TBT/N/DOM/135/Rev.1 
21 June 2012 
 (12-3318) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision 
 
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@digenor.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 67.200.10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NORDOM 439 
(1ra Revisión) Aceites y grasas.  Especificaciones  (Dominican Standard (NORDOM) 
No. 439 (1st revision):  Fats and oils.  Specifications) (23 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard covers the following:  Purpose;  
Definitions;  Specifications;  Food additives;   Contaminants;  Methods of analysis, 
Packaging;  and Labelling. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the general requirements to be met by vegetable, animal and marine fats and 
oils and the edible by-product s thereof which are processed a nd pre-packaged so as to be 
suitable for human consumption. G/TBT/N/DOM/135/Rev.1 
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  8. Relevant documents: 
1. Reglamento Técnico Centroamericano RTCA 67.04.40:07, Alimentos y Bebidas 
Procesados.  Grasas y Aceites.  Especificaciones  (Central American Technical 
Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.40:07:  Processed foods and beverages.  Fats and oils.  
Specifications); 
2. CODEX STAN 210-1999 (Amd. 2005):  "Codex Standard for Named Vegetable Oils";
3. CODEX STAN 256-2007 (Amd. 2009):  "Sta ndard for Fat Spreads and Blended 
Spreads"; 
4. CODEX STAN 211 (1999) (Amd. 2009):  "Code x Standard for Named Animal Fats"; 
5. CODEX STAN 19-1981 (Amd. 2009):  "Codex Sta ndard for Edible Fats and Oils Not 
Covered by Individual Standards"; 
6. CODEX STAN 33-1981 (Amd. 2009):  "Code x Standard for Olive Oils and Olive 
Pomace Oils"; 
7. Reglamento Técnico Dominicano, Etiquet ado General de los Alimentos Previamente 
Envasados (Pre-envasados)  (RTD-53) (Dominican Technical Regulation No. 53:  
General labelling of pre-packaged foods) (Rev. 2009); 
8. Norma Dominicana NORDOM 675, Etiquet ado de Alimentos Pre-envasados.  
Etiquetado Nutricional.  Reglamento para el Etiquetado Nutricional  
(Dominican Standard (NORDOM) No. 675:  Labelling of pre-packaged foods.  
Nutrition Labelling.  Regulation on nutrition labelling); 
9. Norma Dominicana NORDOM 397, Aceites y Grasas Comestibles.  Margarina.  
Especificaciones  (Dominican Standard (NORDOM) No. 397:  Edible fats and oils.  
Margarine.  Specifications) (Rev. 2010); 
10. Reglamento General para el Control de Riesgos en Alimentos y Bebidas en 
la República Dominicana  (General Regulation govern ing food and beverage risk 
management in the Dominican Republic) (Rev. 2011); 
11. Reglamento Técnico de la Calidad del Aceite Vegetal  (Technical Regulation on the 
quality of vegetable oil); 
12. CODEX STAN 192-1995 (Rev. 2011):  "Codex General Standard for Food 
Additives"; 
13. AIB International seminar:  "Labeli ng of FDA-Regulated Food Products" (2006). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined 
To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   20 July 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