. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/DOM/26 
17 May 2006 
 
 (06-2406) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  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) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Edificio de Oficinas Gubernam entales "Juan Pablo Duarte" 
(El Huacal), Piso 11 Ave. México, esq. Leopoldo Navarro Santa Domingo, D.N. 
República Dominicana 
Tel.: (+809) 686-2205 
Fax: (+809) 688-3843 E-mail: digenor@verizon.net.do  digenor@gmail.com  digenor@hotmail.com 
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) code 67.120.10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NORDOM 604:  
Carnes y Productos Cárnicos. Chorizo.  Especificaciones (Dominican Standard NORDOM 
No. 604:  Meat and meat products. Chorizo (pork sausage).  Specifications) (8 pages, in 
Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Definitions;  ingredients, design and production;  classification 
and description;  organoleptic, physico-chemical and microbiological requirements;  sampling;  test methods;  marking, labelling and packaging. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Health and food safety.  This Standard  lays down the minimum requirements for 
chorizo  (pork sausage). G/TBT/N/DOM/26 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
COPANT 013-02-014:  Chorizo. No rmas sanitarias de alimento  (Standard of the 
Panamerican Standards Commission (COPANT) No. 013-02-014:  Chorizo  (pork sausage). 
Food health standards); 
ITINTEC 19:02-005: Carne y Productos Cárnic os.  Embutidos crudos.  Definiciones, 
clasificación y requisitos  (Standard of the Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica, Industrial 
y de Normas Técnicas  (Technological and Industrial Research and Technical Norms 
Institute) No. 19:02-005:  Meat and meat products.  Raw sausages.  Definitions, classification and requirements), Peru, 1977; 
Codex Alimentarius, Volume 10:  Meat and Meat Products Including Soups and Broths , 
1994. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  
Proposed date of entry into force:   22 February 2005 
23 June 2005 
10. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body : 
Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad (DIGENOR) 
Edificio de Oficinas Gubernam entales "Juan Pablo Duarte" 
(El Huacal), Piso 11 Ave. México, esq. Leopoldo Navarro Santa Domingo, D.N. 
República Dominicana 
Tel.: (+809) 686-2205 
Fax: (+809) 688-3843 E-mail: digenor@verizon.net.do  digenor@gmail.com 
 digenor@hotmail.com