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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/DOM/43/Add.1 
29 April 2010 
 (10-2300) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 23 April 2010, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of the Dominican Republic
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Proposed draft Dominican Standard (NORDOM) No . 67:35-004:  Nutrition and foods for special 
dietary uses.  Processed cereal-based  foods for infants and young child ren – Extension of final date 
for comments  
 This proposed draft Standard, which estab lishes "the requirements and specifications for 
processed cereal-based foods for infants and young children with regard to essential composition, 
quality factors, consistency, particle size, purit y, permitted food additives, packaging and labelling 
and consistency with go od manufacturing practices (GMPs)", wa s notified on 23 February 2010 in 
document G/SPS/N/DOM/43.  Text available at  http ://members.wto.org/crnatta chments/2010/sps/DOM/10_0771_00_s.pdf
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This addendum concerns a: 
[X] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation [ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation [ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication, or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other: 
Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure in 
terms of products and/or potentially affected  Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments 
should be provided, normally of at least 60 cale ndar days.  Under other circumstances, such as 
extension of originally announced final date fo r comments, the comment period provided in the 
addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Thirty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the 
notification. G/SPS/N/DOM/43/Add.1 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comme nts:  [X] National Notification Authority,
[X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax num ber and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
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 MSF (CNMSF) Punto de Contacto, Servicio Nacional de Información/ Autoridad Nacional de Notificación 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  
Websites: http://www.otcasea.gob.do/ ;  http://www.cnmsf.gob.do/  
Text available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] 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, Edific io 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
;  normalizaciondigenor@gmail.com ;  digenor@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.digenor.gob.do/  
 
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