. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/DOM/145 
25 June 2012 
 (12-3337) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
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 17.220.20 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NORDOM 17:2-013, 
Equipos de medida de la energía eléctrica (C .A.).  Requisitos particulares.  Parte 21:  
Medidores estáticos de energía activa (clases 1 y 2)  (Dominican Standard (NORDOM) 
No. 17:2-013:  Electricity metering equipment (a.c .).  Particular requirements.  Part 21:  
Static meters for active energy (classes 1 and 2)) (21 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard cove rs the following:  Purpose;  
Definitions;  Standard electrical values;  Me chanical requirements;  Climatic conditions;  
Electrical requirements;  and Accuracy requirements.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the requirements to be met by newly manufactured static active energy meters 
of accuracy classes 1 and 2, designed for the measurement of alternating current electrical active energy in 60 Hz networks, and their type t ests.  This Standard is part of International 
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standard No. 62053.  G/TBT/N/DOM/145 
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  8. Relevant documents:   IEC Standard No. 62053-21:  "Electricity metering equipment 
(a.c.).  Particular requirements.  Part 21:  St atic meters for active energy (classes 1 and 2)". 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   20 August 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