. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/DOM/133 
22 November 2011  
 (11-6096) 
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 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NORDOM 366, 
Cementos hidráulicos.  Determ inación de la resistencia a la comprensión en morteros.  
Especímenes cúbicos de 50 mm (ó 2") de lado (Dominican Standard (NORDOM) No. 366:  
Hydraulic cements.  Determination of compressi ve strength of mortars using 50-mm. (2-in.) 
cube specimens) (12 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard covers th e following:  Definition of flow;  
Equipment;  Test conditions;  Sample preparation;  Procedure;  Expression of results;  and Test report. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the test method for compressive strength of hydraulic cement mortars using 
50-mm or 2-in. cube specimens. G/TBT/N/DOM/133 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
(a) ASTM C109-07:  "Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Hydraulic 
Cement Mortars (Using 2-in. or 50-mm.  Cube Specimens)"; 
(b) Comisión Venezolana de Normas Indus triales, COVENIN (Venezuelan Commission 
for Industrial Standards) Standard No. 484- 76:  Cementos.  Método de ensayo para 
determinar la resistencia a la compresión de morteros de cementos hidráulicos en muestras cúbicas de 5,00 cm (2") de lado (Test method for compressive strength of 
hydraulic cement mortars using 5-cm. (2-in.) cube specimens); 
(c) UNI EN 196-1:  Método de prueba de los cementos.  Determinación de la resistencia 
mecánica  (Methods of testing cement.  Determination of mechanical strength); 
(d) ASTM 778 ASTM C778-06:  "Standard  Specification for Standard Sand". 
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/