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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/DOM/47/Add.1 
28 April 2010 
 
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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. 397:  Milk and milk products.  Margarine
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Specifications - Extension of final date for comments  
 This proposed draft Standard, which "est ablishes the organoleptic, physico-chemical, 
microbiological, packaging, labelling and hygiene requirements, the permitted food additives and 
the maximum contaminant levels for the food pro duct known as margarine, intended for both direct 
human consumption and industrial use", was notified on 23 February 2010 in document 
G/SPS/N/DOM/47. 
Text available at:  http://members.wto. org/crnattachments/2010/sps/DOM/10_0778_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/47/Add.1 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [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 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, 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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