. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/DOM/32/Rev.1 
16 January 2012 
 (12-0226) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision 
 
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, República Dominicana 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 and e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or au thority 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 67.160.10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NORDOM 186 
(2da Rev.) Cervezas.  Especificaciones generales  (Dominican Standard (NORDOM) 
No. 186, (second revision):  Beer.  Genera l specifications) (13 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:   Definitions, production, requi rements, permitted practices, 
prohibited practices, characteristics, bulk b eer, packaging and labelling, monitoring and 
control. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the specifications for beer, prescr ibe its production process, and define content 
and labelling parameters and or ganoleptic characteristics. G/TBT/N/DOM/32/Rev.1 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
(a) Real Decreto 53/1995, 20 de Enero, por  el se aprueba la Reglamentación 
Técnico-sanitaria para la Elaboración, Circu lación y Comercio de la Cerveza y de la 
Malta Líquida  (Royal Decree No. 53/1995 of 20 January approving the technical and 
health regulations for the production, distri bution and trading of beer and liquid malt). 
(b) Codex Alimentarius - Codex Gene ral Standard for Food Additives. 
(c) European Brewery Convention (EBC). 
(d) Guía de Mejores Técnicas Disponibles en España del Sector Cervecero  (Guide to the 
best techniques available in Spain for the brewing industry). 
(e) Compilation of brewing technical analysis methods, Central European Commission 
for Brewing Analysis (MEBAK). 
(f) NORDOM 186 1era Cervezas.  Especificaciones  (Dominican Standard (NORDOM) 
No. 186 (first revision):  Beer.  Specifications). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  
Proposed date of entry into force:   Six months after publication 
Not determined 
10. Final date for comments:   26 December 2011 
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 
Santa Domingo, República Dominicana 
Tel.: 1-809-686-2205 Fax: 1-809-688-3843 E-mail: cendocdigenor@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.digenor.gob.do/