. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/DOM/119 
22 November 2011 
 (11-6079) 
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) code 67.100.10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NORDOM 74, Leche 
y productos lácteos.  Leche en polvo (Dominican Standard (NORDOM) No. 74:  Milk and 
milk products.  Milk powder) (11 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard covers the following:  Definitions;  
Classification;  Requirements;  Food ad ditives;  Packaging;  and Labelling. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the requirements to be met by milk powders, fortified milk powders and 
instant milk powders intended for direct  consumption or further processing.  
8. Relevant documents: 
(a) CODEX-STAN-207-1999:  Codex Standard for Milk Powders and Cream Powder; 
(b) FAO/WHO Food Standard No. A5:  Milk Powder; G/TBT/N/DOM/119 
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   (c) Norma  Sanitaria de Alimentos OPS/OMS  022-02-01, Leche en polvo  (PAHO/WHO 
 Food Health Standard No. 022-01-01:  Milk powder; 
(d) Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad , IBNORCA (Bolivian Institute of 
 Standardization and Quality), Norma Boliviana , NB (Bolivian Standard) 
 No. 33010-2007, Leche en polvo.  Requisitos  (Milk powder.  Requirements); 
(e) Comisión  Panamericana de Normas Técnicas , COPANT (Pan American Standards 
 Commission) CD 125:003 2004:  Norma General para leche en polvo  (General 
 Standard for milk powder).  
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