. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/DOM/117 
22 November 2011 
 (11-6077) 
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 67.040 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NORDOM 
67:39-001, Alimentos obtenidos por medios biot ecnológicos modernos.  Principios para el 
análisis de riesgos de alimentos obteni dos por medios biotecnológicos modernos 
(Dominican Standard (NORDOM) No. 67:39-001:  Foods derived from modern 
biotechnology.  Principles for the risk analysis of foods derived from modern biotechnology) (10 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard covers the following:  Definitions;  
Principles;  Risk assessment;  Risk management;  Risk communication;  Consistency;  Information exchange;  and Review process. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To provide a framework for undertaking a risk analysis of the safety and nutritional aspects 
of foods derived from modern biotechnol ogy.  This document does not address the 
environmental, ethical, moral or socio-econom ic aspects of the research, development, 
production and marketing of these foods. G/TBT/N/DOM/117 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
(a) Codex Alimentarius Commission, CAC/GL 44-2003:  "Principles for the Risk 
Analysis of Foods Derived from Modern Biotechnology"; 
(b) Evaluación de la inocuidad de lo s alimentos genéticamente modificados  (GM food 
safety assessment), FA0, Rome 2009. 
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/