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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/DOM/34/Add.1 
28 April 2010 
 (10-2268) 
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. 67:32-020:  Guidelines on the application of 
general principles of food hygiene to the control of  Listeria monocytogenes in Foods – Extension of 
final date for comments  
 This proposed draft Standard, which seeks to  establish "a framework for the control of 
L. monocytogenes throughout the food chain, with a view to protecting the health of consumers and 
ensuring fair practices in food trade", was notified on 23 Februa ry 2010 in document 
G/SPS/N/DOM/34. 
Text available at:  http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/sps/DOM/10_0762_00_s.pdf . 
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/34/Add.1 
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  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: 
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 Info rmación/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, Edificio  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@d igenor.gob.do;  normali zaciondigenor@gmail.com;  
 digenor@gmail.com 
Website: http://www.digenor.gob.do/
 
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