. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/DOM/96 
1 September 2010 
 (10-4517) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
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, Dominican Republic 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, 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 75.160.30 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Reglamento Técnico 
Dominicano para el Control Metrológico  de los Equipos que se Utilizan en la 
Comercialización del Gas Licuado de Petróleo (GLP) (Dominican Technical Regulation on 
the metrological control of equipment used in the marketing of liquefied petroleum gas 
(LPG)) (12 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Basic definitions, characteristics, function and custodianship of 
the national reference standard, comparisons , legal inspection tolerances, inspection 
method, seals of approval or rejection. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Safety and prevention of practices which ar e deceptive, unfair or likely to mislead 
consumers. G/TBT/N/DOM/96 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
(a) Ley No. 290-66 que crea el Ministerio de Industria y Comercio y su Reglamento 
No. 186-66  (Law No. 290-66 creating the Ministry of Industry and Trade and 
Regulation No. 186-66 thereto); 
(b) Ley No. 602 que crea la Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad 
(DIGENOR)  (Law No. 602 creating the Directorate-General of Standards and 
Quality Systems) of 20 May 1977; 
(c) Ley No. 112-00 de Hidrocarburos, y su Reglamento de Aplicación No. 307-01  
(Law No. 112-00 on hydrocarbons, and it s Implementing Regulation No. 307-01); 
(d) Reglamento No. 2119 sobre Regulación y Uso de Gas Licuado de Petróleo  
(Regulation No 2119 on the control and use of liquefied petroleum gas) of 
29 March 1972; 
(e) Ley No. 3925 sobre Pesas y Medidas y su Reglamento (Law No. 3925 on weights 
and measures and the Regulations thereto) of 17 September 1954; 
(f) Ley No. 358-05 que crea el Instituto Nacional de Protección de los Derechos del 
Consumidor  (Law No. 358-05 creating the National Institute for the Protection of 
Consumer Rights) of 19 September 2005; 
(g) Reglamento No. 246-08 para la Aplicación de la Ley No. 358-05  (Regulation 
No. 246-08 governing the implementation of Law No. 358-05) of 30 May 2008; 
(h) Reglamento No. 520-89 sobre el Mercado Nacional del Gas Licuado de Petróleo 
(GLP)  (Regulation No. 520-89 on the domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) 
market). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulation 
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 
Ave. 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/