. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/DOM/142 
22 November 2011 
 (11-6110) 
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)  codes 77.140. 60 and 91.080.40 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTD 458:  
Materiales de construcción.  Barras de a cero corrugadas y lisas para el refuerzo del 
hormigón.  Especificaciones (Dominican Technical Regulation (RTD) No. 458:  
Construction materials.  Deformed and plain steel bars for concrete reinforcement.  
Specifications) (21 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard covers the following:  Definitions;  
Purchase order information;  Requirement s;  Tensile and bending requirements;  
Permissible variation in weight;  Testing;  Finish;  Marking;  Packaging and labelling, 
Inspection;  and Conformity assessment. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the technical requirements for steel bars which are deformed or plain, straight, 
cut to size and/or in coils, with a view to  ensuring national security, protecting human and 
animal life, the environment and geographic conditions, and avoiding practices liable to 
mislead or harm end-users.  G/TBT/N/DOM/142 
Page 2  
 
  8. Relevant documents:  
(a) American Society for Testing and Mate rials (ASTM) Standard No. A615 2008:  
Standard Specification for Deformed and Plain Carbon-Steel Bars for Concrete 
Reinforcement; 
(b) NCh 204-2006:  Acero – Barras laminadas en caliente para hormigón armado  
(Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 204-2006:  Steel - Hot-rolled bars for reinforced concrete); 
(c) COVENIN 316:2000:  Barras y rollos de acero con resaltes para uso como refuerzo 
estructural  (Venezuelan Commission for Industrial Standards (COVENIN) Standard 
No. 316:2000:  Deformed steel reinforci ng bars and coils for structural use); 
(d) NC 7:2002:  Barras de acero para refu erzo de hormigón.  Especificaciones  (Cuban 
Standard (NC) No. 7:2002:  Steel bars for concrete reinforcement.  Specifications); 
(e) Jamaica Standard (JS) No. 33:1999:  Sp ecification for Hot-Rolled Steel Bars for the 
Reinforcement of Concrete; 
(f) Canadian Standards Association Standard  No. CAN/CSA-G-30.18-92:  Billet-Steel 
Bars for Concrete Reinforcement; 
(g) COGUANOR NGO 36 011:2005:  Barras de  acero de refue rzo para hormigón 
(concreto), sin exigencias especiales de  soldabilidad.  Especificaciones  (Guatemalan 
Standards Commission (COGUANOR) Mandato ry Standard (NGO) No. 36 011:2005:  
Steel bars for concrete reinforcement w ithout special weldability requirements.  
Specifications). 
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/