. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/DOM/55 
2 September 2009 
 (09-4106) 
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 67.120.10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NORDOM 392, 
Revisión 1, Carne y productos cárn icos, Salchicha.  Especificaciones (Dominican Standard 
(NORDOM) No. 392, First revision:  Meat and meat products.  Sausages.  Specifications) (6 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Definition of sausages;  ingredients;  design and production;  
classification;  organoleptic and chemical re quirements;  compositional and microbiological 
requirements;  sampling;  test method;  labelling;  and packing and packaging. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified Standard establishes the require ments to be met by uncanned sausages. G/TBT/N/DOM/55 
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  8. Relevant documents: 
Instituto Colombiano de Norm as Técnicas y Certificación , ICONTEC (Colombian 
Technical Standards and Certificati on Institute), Standard No. 1325:  Salchichas  
(Sausages), Colombia, 1975; 
Instituto de Investigación Tecnológi ca Industrial y Normas Técnicas , ITINTEC (Institute 
for Technological and Industrial Research and Technical Standards) Standard 
No. 19:02-005:  Embutidos crudos.  Definicione s, Clasificación y Requisitos  (Raw 
sausages.  Definitions, classification and requirements), Peru, 1975; 
Codex Alimentarius, Volume 10:  Meat and meat products . 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   21 November 2008 
21 May 2009 
10. Final date for comments:   - 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] 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 
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