. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/DOM/8 
9 April 2009 
 (09-1727) 
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:  Comité Nacional para la Aplicación de las Medidas Sanitarias y 
Fitosanitarias - CNMSF  (National Committee for the Application of Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Not applicable 
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. 515-05 que "Crea el Comité Nacional para 
la Aplicación de las Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias"  (Decree No. 515-05 
"Establishing the National Committee for the A pplication of Sanitary and Phytosanitary 
Measures") Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  4 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/DOM/09_1350_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This decree establishes the Dominican Republic's National 
Committee for the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, along with its 
constituent bodies and their functions.  Th e Committee's terms of reference are to 
recommend adaptation of the country' plant and animal health and food safety system, to 
participate in the meetings of the World Trade Organization's Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures, and to recommend the most appropriate measures and procedures for protecting the interests of the Dominican Republic in consultations and dispute settlement cases relating to international mark eting in SPS- and food safety-related areas. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X] food safety, [ X] animal health, [ X] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X] protect territory 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)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  G/SPS/N/DOM/8 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard ?  If so, identify the standard:  (cont'd) 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM N°)   
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No 
 If not, 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  CNMSF-2005-DEC-515 (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  20 September 2005 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  20 September 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  20 September 2005 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty 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.cnmsf.gob.do ;  http://www.otcasea.gob.do  
13. Texts available from:  [ X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Estado de Agricultura (SEA) 
Km 6 ½ Autopista Duarte.  Urbanización Jardines del Norte Santo Domingo, D.N., República Dominicana Tel.: +(809) 547-3888 
Website: http://www.agricultura.gob.do