. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/DOM/174 
11 July 2012 
 (12-3732) 
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@digenor.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 67.200.10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NORDOM 388 
(1ra Revisión), Aceites y grasas com estibles.  Definición y clasificación (Dominican 
Standard (NORDOM) No. 388 (1st Revision):  "Edible fats and oils.  Definition and 
classification") (11 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard cove rs the following:  Purpose;  
Definitions;  and Classification.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the definitions and classificati on of edible fats and oils fit for human 
consumption.  G/TBT/N/DOM/174 
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  8. Relevant documents: 
1. ICONTEC 199.  Norma Colombiana.  Grasas  y Aceites Comestibles.  Definiciones y 
Clasificaciones  (Colombian Technical Standard s and Certification Institute 
(ICONTEC) Standard No. 199 (Colombian St andard):  Edible fats and oils.  
Definitions and classification); 
2. INDITECNOR 23-40 ch.  Instituto Nacional de Normalización.  Cuerpos Grasos. 
Terminología  (National Institute for Technologi cal Research and Standardization 
(INDITECNOR) Standard No. 23-40 ch.  National Standards Institute.  Fatty 
substances.  Terminology); 
3. UNE 55-074.  Norma Española.  Materias grasas.  Definiciones de productos 
industriales de naturaleza grasa (Spanish Standard (UNE) No. 55-074:  Oils and fats.  
Definitions of industrial oil and fat products); 
4. Norma Chilena de Emergencia Oficial.  Áci dos Grasos.  Terminología.  Clasificación 
y Requisitos Generales  (Chilean Official Emergency Standard:  Fatty acids.  
Terminology.  Classification and general requirements); 
5. Collection:  El Código Alimentario y su Desarrollo Normativo (The food code and the 
regulatory development thereof), Volume Vlll, Chapter XVI.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   20 August 2012 
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