. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/DOM/14 
9 April 2009 
 (09-1733) 
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:  Secretaría de Estado de Agricultura  (Ministry of Agriculture) 
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):  Not applicable 
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:  Resolución 17/2005 sobre la "Creación de la Base Legal 
Sanitaria de la República Dominicana y el Reor denamiento de la Legi slación Existente" 
(Resolution No. 17/2005 relating to the "Est ablishment of the Sanitary Legislation 
Database of the Dominican Republic and Consolidation of Existing Legislation") 
Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  2 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/DOM/09_1356_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This resolution establishes the Dominican Republic's sanitary 
legislation database, providing information on the country's sanitary, phytosanitary and food safety legislation in force, for the purposes of facilitating trade and promoting transparency. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X] food safety, [ X] animal health, [ X] 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: 
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
 or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
 Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[X] None G/SPS/N/DOM/14 
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   Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No 
 If not, 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 sanitary 
legislation database of the Dominican Republic at http://www.netmediard.com/
patca/index.php  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  8 April 2005 
Proposed date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  8 April 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  8 April 2005 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Not applicable 
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) Secretaría Ejecutiva del Comité MSF-RD Punto de Contacto/Servicio Nacional de Información MSF ante la OMC C/Manuel de Jesús Goico Castro No. 20 (antigua c/Z), Ensanche Naco 
Apartado Postal No. 10119 
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  
Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do  
13. Texts available from:  [ X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Estado de Agricultura (SEA) 
Km 6 ½ Autopista Duarte, Urbanización Jardines del Norte 
Santo Domingo, D.N., República Dominicana 
Tel.: +(809) 547-3888 Website: http://www.agricultura.gob.do