. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/DOM/136 
22 November 2011 
 (11-6104) 
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 67.060 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NORDOM 474, 
Granos y cereales.  Arroz pulido para consumo humano (Dominican Standard (NORDOM) 
No. 474:  Grains and cereals.  Polished rice for human consumption) (13 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard covers the following:  Descriptions; 
Definitions;  Essential composition and qualit y factors;  Contaminants;  Hygiene; 
Classification, grade and category;  Milling de gree;  Packaging and labelling;  Methods of 
analysis and sampling;  and Optional ingredients. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The Standard establishes the requirements to be met by polished rice for direct human 
consumption;  i.e. ready for its intended use as human food, presented in packaged form or 
sold loose from the package directly to the consumer.  It does not apply to other products derived from rice. G/TBT/N/DOM/136 
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  8. Relevant documents: 
(a) CODEX STAN 198-1995:  "Codex Standa rd for Rice", Codex Alimentarius 
Commission; 
(b) CODEX STAN 1-1985:  "General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods", 
Codex Alimentarius Commission; 
(c) Dominican Standard (NORDOM) No. 53 (Second revision 1998):  Rotulado de 
Alimentos Preenvasados  (Labelling of prepackaged foods), Directorate-General of 
Standards and Quality Systems (DIGENOR); 
(d) Dominican Standard (NORDOM) No. 65:4-012:  Residuos de Plaguicidas en los 
Alimentos.  Límites Máximos de Residuos de Plaguicidas para el Arroz  (Pesticide 
residues in food.  Maximum pesticide residue  limits for rice), Directorate-General of 
Standards and Quality Systems (DIGENOR); 
(e) Dominican Standard (NORDOM) No. 581:  Higiene de los Alimentos.  Principios 
Generales de Higiene de los Alimentos  (Food hygiene.  General principles of food 
hygiene), Directorate-General of Standards and Quality Systems (DIGENOR); 
(f) "United States Standards for Rice", United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 
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/