. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/DOM/44 
23 February 2010  
 (10-1012) 
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):  Balanced animal feed 
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 90.  Alimentos para 
Animales.  Alimentos Balanceados para Animales.  Especificaciones (Proposed Draft 
Dominican Standard (NORDOM) No. 90:  An imal feed.  Balanced animal feed.  
Specifications) Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  12 
Text available at http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/sps/DOM/10_0775_00_s.pdf
6. Description of content:  The notified proposed draft Standard seeks to establish the 
storage, transport, marking, labelling, p acking and packaging requirements and animal 
health specifications for finished food pr oducts for animal consumption manufactured, 
imported and marketed by natural persons or entiti es to ensure that such products are not a 
risk to animal and human health. 
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) CAC/RCP 62-2006:  Code of Practice for the Prevention and 
Reduction of Dioxin and Dioxin-Like PCB Contamination in Foods and Feeds  
[ ] 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/44 
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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:  Unknown 
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/  
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/