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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/DOM/47 
23 February 2010 
 (10-1019) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad a través de su 
Departamento de Normalización (Directorate-General of Standards and Quality Systems, 
DIGENOR, Department of Standardization)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Milk and milk products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Anteproyecto de Norma NORDOM 397.  Leche y 
Productos Lácteos.  Margar ina.  Especificaciones (Proposed Draft Dominican Standard 
(NORDOM) No. 397.  Milk and milk products.  Margarine.  Specifications) 
Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  19 
Text available at http://members.wto.o rg/crnattachments/2010/sps/DOM/10_0778_00_s.pdf
6. Description of content:  The notified proposed draft Standard establishes the organoleptic, 
physico-chemical, microbiological, packagi ng, labelling and hygiene requirements, the 
permitted food additives and the maximum c ontaminant levels for the food product known 
as margarine, intended for both direct human consumption and industrial use. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) CODEX STAN 32-1981:  Codex Standard for Margarine.  
Worldwide Codex Standard/CODEX STAN 32-1989:  Codex Standard for Margarine.  Worldwide Codex Standard/C odex Alimentarius Volume 13:  Methods 
of analysis and sampling. 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  G/SPS/N/DOM/47 
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  [ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [X] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  See the 
DIGENOR website (http://www.digenor.gob.do/ ) and click on " Ver Doc.  Encuesta 
Pública/Notificaciones OTC-OMC y DR-CAFTA " (Documents subject to public review and 
comment/WTO TBT notifications and the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  9 March 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Unknown 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  9 September 2010 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  24 April 2010 
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:  
Ms 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 Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias (CNMSF) Punto de Contacto/Servicio Nacional de Información 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.doWebsite: http://www.otcasea.gob.do/
 and http://www.cnmsf.gob.do/  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] 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@digenor .gob.do and digenor@gmail.com 
Website: http://www.digenor.gob.do/