. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/DOM/32/Rev.2 
11 July 2012 
 (12-3734) 
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@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 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 65.160.10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NORDOM 186 
(2da Revisión), Cervezas.  Es pecificaciones generales  (Dominican Standard (NORDOM) 
No. 186 (Second revision):  Beer.  General specifications) (12 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard cove rs the following:  Purpose;  
Definitions;  Production;  Classification;  Requirements;  Permitted practices;  Organoleptic 
characteristics;  Bulk beer;  Labelling, packing and packaging;  and Inspection. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture 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.2 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
1. Real Decreto 53/1995, 20 de Enero, por  él 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 governing the productio n, distribution and trading of beer and 
liquid malt); 
2. Codex Alimentarius - Codex Gene ral Standard for Food Additives; 
3. European Brewery Convention (EBC); 
4. Guía de Mejores Técnicas Disponibles en España del Sector Cervecero  (Guide to the 
best techniques available in Spain for the brewing industry); 
5. Compilation of brewing technical analysis methods, Central European Commission 
for Brewing Analysis (MEBAK); 
6. 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:  }Not 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 
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