. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/DOM/30 
23 February 2010 
 (10-0991) 
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):  Unripened cheese, including fresh cheese. 
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 NORDOM 67:1-076.  Queso no 
madurado incluido el queso fresco  (Proposed draft Dominican Standard (NORDOM) 
No. 67:1-076:  Unripened cheese, including fresh cheese) Language:  Spanish Number of 
pages:  11 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/DOM/10_0758_00_s.pdf 
(http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/DOM/10_0765_00_s.pdf ) 
6. Description of content:  The proposed draft Standard establishes requirements for 
unripened cheese, including fresh cheese, inte nded for direct consumption or further 
processing.  The requirements relate to the ra w materials used, permitted ingredients, food 
additives and maximum permitted levels  thereof, hygiene and labelling.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safe ty, [ ] 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 stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  CODEX STAN 283-1978:  Codex General Standard for Cheese. 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  G/SPS/N/DOM/30 
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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 language (s) in which these are available:  Unknown 
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/  
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/