. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/DOM/127 
22 November 2011 
 (11-6090) 
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 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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 91.100.10 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   NORDOM 212, 
Cementos hidráulicos.  Determinación de los tiempos de fraguados por el método de la 
Aguja de Vicat  (Dominican Standard (NORDOM) No. 212:  Hydraulic cements. 
Determination of setting times by the Vicat needle method) (9 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard covers the following:  Definitions; 
Equipment;  Test conditions;  Preparation of cement paste;  Procedure;  Expression of 
results;  Precautionary measures;  and Report. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the test method for determining the initial and final setting times of hydraulic 
cement by Vicat needle. G/TBT/N/DOM/127 
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8. Relevant documents: 
(a) INCONTEC 118, Método para determiner los tiempos de fraguado del cemento 
hidráulico mediante el aparato de Vicat  (Colombian Institute of Technical 
Standards and Certification (INCONTEC) St andard No. 118:  Method to determine 
the times of setting of hydraulic cement by Vicat apparatus); 
(b) COVENIN 493-76, Cementos.  Métodos de ensayo para determinar el tiempo de 
fraguado de cementos hidráulic os por la aguja de Vicat  (Venezuelan Commission 
for Industrial Standards (COVENIN) Sta ndard No. 493-76:  Cements.  Test 
methods to determine the time of setting of  hydraulic cements by Vicat needle); 
(c) American Society for Testing and Ma terials (ASTM) Standard No. C 191-74: 
"Standard Test Method for Time of Setting of Hydraulic Cement by Vicat Needle"; 
(d) ASTM 183-08:  "Standard Practice for Sampling and the Amount of Testing of 
Hydraulic Cement"; 
(e) ASTM C 187-98:  "Standard Test Met hod for Normal Consistency of Hydraulic 
Cement".  
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/