. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/DOM/128 
22 November 2011 
 (11-6091) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   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 authority 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 67.220.10  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NORDOM 238, 
Caldos, sopas y consomés.  Definicio nes, clasificaciones y especificaciones (Dominican 
Standard (NORDOM) No. 238:  Bouillons , soups and consommés.  Definitions, 
classifications and specifications) (10 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard covers the following:  Definitions;  
Classification;  Description;  General conditions;  Compositional requirements;  
Microbiological requirements;  and Food additives.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the definitions, classifications and specifications for bouillons, soups and 
consommés.  G/TBT/N/DOM/128 
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  8. Relevant documents: 
(a) Norma Técnica Colombiana , NTC (Colombian Technical Standard) 
No. 1995-1997-11-26:  Industrias Alimentarias.  Caldos y Consomés  (Food 
industries.  Bouillons and consommés); 
(b) CODEX STAN 117-1981, Rev. 2-2001:  "Codex Standard for Bouillons and 
Consommés"; 
(c) Norma Mexicana  (Mexican Standard) PROYF-NMX-603-NORMEX-2000, issued 
on 15 August 2003; 
(d) Comisión Venezolana de Normas Industriales , COVENIN (Venezuelan 
Commission for Industrial Standards) Standard No. 2302-85:  Mezclas 
deshidratadas para caldos y sopas  (Dehydrated mixes for bouillons and soups); 
(e) Norma Guatemalteca COGUANOR NGO 34 161:  Caldos y Consomés 
Deshidratados.  Especificaciones  (Guatemalan Standards Commission 
(COGUANOR) Mandatory Standard (NGO) No. 34 161:  Dehydrated bouillons 
and consommés.  Specifications); 
(f) Reglamento Técnico de Panam á, DGNTI-COPANIT-36-475-2008  
(Directorate-General for Standards and Industrial Technology-Panamanian Commission for Industrial and Technical Standards (DGNTI-COPANIT) Technical 
Regulation No. 36-475-2008). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Six months after publication 
To be 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 
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana Tel.: +(1-809) 686-2205 Fax: +(1-809) 688-3843 E-mail: cendocdigenor@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.digenor.gob.do/