. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/DOM/9 
9 April 2009  
 
 (09-1728) 
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 Ganadería, Secretaría de Estado de 
Agricultura  (Directorate-General of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Veterinary medicines 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or 
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document:  Decreto No. 521-06 sobre el "Reglamento para el 
Registro de Establecimientos y Medicamentos Veterinarios"  (Decree No. 521-06 
concerning the "Regulations Governing the Regi stration of Veterinary Establishments and 
Medicines") Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  35 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/DOM/09_1351_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This document contains guidelines on how the 
Directorate-General of Livestock is to regulate and monitor the veterinary establishment registration and inspection process and the marke ting and use of veterinary medicines.  The 
document also establishes the National Comm ission for the Regulation and Control of 
Veterinary Establishments and Medicines and describes its structure and functions. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) Chapters 3 and 6 of the Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code G/SPS/N/DOM/9 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standa rd?  If so, identify the standard:   (cont'd) 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] 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:  To view the 
Decree, see the Dominican Republic's sanitary legislation database at 
http://www.netmediard.com/patca/index.php .  In the scroll-down menu on the left-hand 
side of the screen, click "Código" and type  SEA-2006-DEC-521 (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  17 October 2006 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  17 October 2006 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  17 October 2006 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Si xty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable. 
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) 
Secretaría Ejecutiva del Comité MSF-RD Punto de Contacto / Servicio Nacional de Información MSF ante la OMC C/ Manuel de Jesús Goico Castro No. 20 (antigua c/ Z), Ensanche Naco 
Apartado postal No. 10119 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 Website:  http://www.otcasea.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 Ganadería 
Ciudad Ganadera.  Santo Domingo, D.N., República Dominicana Tel.:  +(809) 535-9689 Website:  http://www.agricultura.gob.do/ganader ia/Inicio/tabid/94/Default.aspx