. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/DOM/68 
4 September 2009 
 (09-4164) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   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, Dominican Republic Tel.: +(1 809) 686-2205 Fax: +(1 809) 688-3843 E-mail: direcciongeneral@gob.do
 
Website: http://www.digenor.gob.do  
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, 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 91.100.10-10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NORDOM 178, 
Revisión I, Cementos hidráulicos, Cementos Pórtland.  Especificaciones y clasificación 
(Dominican Standard (NORDOM) No. 178, Firs t revision:  Hydraulic cements, Portland 
cements.  Specifications and classification) (12 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Classification;  specifications;  physical, chemical, mechanical 
and durability requirements;  labelling and packaging;  storage and transport;  quality control;  Annexes. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified Standard establishes the char acteristics of and physical and chemical 
specifications for hydraulic Portland cement. G/TBT/N/DOM/68 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Standard IRAM 50000 of the Argentine Standards Institute 
(Instituto Argentino de Racionalización de Materiales );  ASTM Standard No. C-219-03:  
Standard Specification Relati ng to Hydraulic Cements ;  ASTM Standard No. C-595-03:  
Standard Specification for Bl ended Hydraulic Cements;   ASTM Standard No. C-1157-03:  
Standard Performance Specifica tion for Hydraulic Cement;   Spanish Standards UNE 2002 
on cement;  Italian Standard UNI EN 197-2001:  Cemento .  Composizione, specificazioni e 
criteri di conformità per cementi comuni  (Cement.  Composition, specifications and 
conformity criteria for common cements). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   28 November 2008 
28 May 2009 
10. Final date for comments:   - 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad (DIGENOR) 
Edificio de Oficinas Gubernamentale s "Juan Pablo Duarte", piso 11 
Ave. México, esquina Leopoldo Navarro Santo Domingo, República Dominicana Tel.: +(1 809) 686-2205 
Fax: +(1 809) 688-3843 
E-mail: cendoc@digenor.gob.do
 
Website: http://www.digenor.gob.do