WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/DOM/41 
23 February 2010 
 (10-1002) 
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):  Groundnuts (peanuts) 
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 67:33:2-015.  
Contaminantes Alimentarios.  Código de Prácticas  para la Prevención y Reducción de la 
Contaminación del Maní (Cacahuete) por Aflatoxinas (Proposed Draft Dominican Standard 
(NORDOM) No. 67:33:2-015:  Food contaminants.  Code of Practice for the prevention 
and reduction of aflatoxin contamination in peanuts) Language:  Spanish Number of 
pages:  13 
Text available at http://members.wto.o rg/crnattachments/2010/sps/DOM/10_0769_00_s.pdf
6. Description of content:  The notified Code of Practice is intended to provide guidance for 
all interested parties producing and handling p eanuts for entry into international trade in 
respect of the measures that must be implemen ted to ensure that food is safe and suitable 
for human consumption.  This proposed  draft Standard describes the recommended 
practices based on good agricultural practi ces (GAPs) that must be followed both 
pre-harvest and during harvest and in relation to transport and storage, as well as the good 
manufacturing practices (GMPs) with regard to  receiving, shelling, sorting, blanching, 
packaging and storing the end product. 
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.  G/SPS/N/DOM/41 
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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) CAC/RCP 55-2004:  Code of Practice for the Prevention and 
Reduction of Aflatoxin Contamination in Peanuts  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] 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) (available in Spanish). 
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.do Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do/
 and http://www.cnmsf.gob.do/   G/SPS/N/DOM/41 
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  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/