G/TBT/N/DOM/231  
3 September  2019 
(19-5641) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated 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:  
Instituto Dominicano para la Calidad , INDOCAL (Dominican Institute for Quality)  
Calle Olof Palme esquina Núñez de Cáceres, San Gerónimo,  
Santo Domingo, D.N., R.D.  
Tel.: (+1) 809 686 2205  
Email: indocal@indocal.gob.do  
www.indocal.gob.do  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notifi cation shall be indicated if different from above:  
Servicio Nacional de Información sobre OTC  (National TBT Enquiry Point)  
Dirección de Comercio Exterior , DICOEX (Foreign Trade Directorate)  
Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Mipymes  (Ministry of Industry, Trade and MSMEs)  
Avenida 27 de febrero No. 302, Santo Domingo, R.D.  
Email: rdotc@mic.gob.do  
Tel.: (+1) 809 567 7192  
Fax: (+1) 809 381 8076  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 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) : Measuring 
instruments ( ICS 17 .040.3 0), Temperature -measuring instruments ( ICS 17 .200.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Termómetros 
eléctricos clínicos compactos de temperatura máxima (Compact clinical, electrical, 
maximum -temperature thermometers) (26 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : Purpose, scope, principles and definitions ; Definitions, symbols 
and abbreviations ; Metrological requirements ; Maximum permissible errors per test ; 
Approval of models ; Labelling ; Certificate of approval ; Verification.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety ; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health ; Protection of the environment.  G/TBT/N/DOM/231  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
1. International Vocabulary of Terms in Legal Metrology (VIML), 2013 edition;  
2. International Vocabulary of Metrology - Basic and General Concepts and 
Associated  Terms (VIM), (J CGM 200 :2008), Third edition;  
3. Guía para la Expresión de la Incertidumbre en la Medición (GUM), 2ª edición 
2001; 
4. OIML D 11:2013,  General requirements for measuring instruments - 
Environmental conditions ; 
5. IEC 60601 -1, Medical electrical equipment - Part 1 : General requirements for 
basic safety and essential performance, Edition 3.1 2012 -08; 
6. IEC 61000 -4 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC);  
7. (IEC 61000 -4-1) EMC Part 4 -1: Testing and measurement techniques - Overview 
of IEC 61000 -4 series, Edition 3.0 2006 -10; 
8. (IEC 61000 -4-2) EMC Part 4 -2: Testing and measurement techniques - 
Electrostatic discharge immunity test, Edition 2.0 2008 -12; 
9. (IEC 61000 -4-3) EMC Part 4 -3: Testing and measurement techniques - Radiated, 
radio-frequency, electromagnetic field immunity test, Edition 3.2 2010 -04; 
10. (IEC 61000 -4-4) EMC Part 4 -4: Testing and measurement techniques - Electrical 
fast transient/Burst immunity test, Edition 3.0 2012 -04; 
11. NORDOM 100: S istema Internacional de Unidades de Calidad (SI) ; 
12. Procedimientos de muestreo para inspección por atributos . Parte 1, 4ª edición 
2013; 
13. IEC 60068 -1, Environmental testing - Part 1 : General and guidance, Edition 7.0 
2013-10. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Información sobre OTC  (National TBT Enquiry Point)  
Dirección de Comercio Exterior , DICOEX (Foreign Trade Directorate)  
Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Mipymes  (Ministry of Industry, Tr ade and MSMEs)  
Avenida 27 de febrero No. 302, Santo Domingo, R.D.  
Email: rdotc@mic.gob.do  
Tel.: (+1) 809 567 7192  
Fax: (+1) 809 381 8076  
https://www.indocal.gob.do/publicaciones/encuesta -publica/  
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