. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/DOM/138 
22 November 2011 
 (11-6106) 
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 67.080.10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NORDOM 549, 
Frutas y vegetales frescos.  Mango para cons umo fresco.  Especificaciones generales de 
calidad (Dominican Standard (NORDOM) No. 549:  Fresh fruit and vegetables.  Fresh 
mangoes for consumption.  General quality specifications) (11 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard covers the following:  Definitions;  
Provisions concerning quality;  Classificati on;  Sizing;  Tolerances;  Presentation;  
Packaging and labelling;  Contaminants;  and Hygiene. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the requirements to be met by  commercial varieties of mangoes grown from 
Mangifera indica  L., of the Anacardiaceae family, to be supplied fresh to the consumer, 
after preparation and packaging.  Mangoes for industrial processing are excluded. G/TBT/N/DOM/138 
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  8. Relevant documents: 
(a) CODEX STAN 184-1993 (Amd. 1-2005):  "Codex Standard for Mangoes"; (b) Norma Técnica Colombiana , NTC (Colombian Technical Standard) No. 1266:  
Frutas frescas.  Mango  (Fresh fruit.  Mangoes); 
(c) Norma Técnica Peruana , NTP (Peruvian Technical Standard) No. 011.010.2002 
(Second edition):  Mango.  Mango fresco.  Requisitos  (Mangoes.  Fresh mangoes.  
Requirements); 
(d) Norma Hondureña , NHN (Honduran standard) No. 8:2008:  Frutas frescas.  Mango.  
Requisitos (Fresh fruit.  Mangoes.  Requirements); 
(e) Mexican Official Standard NOM-129 CFI-1998:  Información Comercial.  
Etiquetado de los productos agrícolas.  Mango  (Commercial information.  Labelling 
of agricultural products.  Mangoes). 
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