. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/DOM/15 
9 April 2009 
 (09-1734) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaría de Estado de Agricultura  (Ministry of Agriculture) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food of animal or plant origin 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or 
[ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolución 18/2005 sobre la "Creación del 
Departamento de Inocuidad Agroalimentaria" (Resolution No. 18/2005 "Establishing the 
Department of Food Safety") Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  3 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/DOM/09_1357_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Resolution establishes and gives the Department of Food 
Safety, which is attached to the Ministry of  Agriculture, responsibility for developing the 
National Programme for the Monitoring and Control of Residues and Food Hygiene, and 
for managing and updating food hygiene and safety information on a daily basis, so as to allow immediate action to be taken in the event of potential food safety hazards. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard: 
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
 or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
 Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[X] None G/SPS/N/DOM/15 
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   Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No 
 If not, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  To view the 
Resolution, see the Dominican Republic's  sanitary legislation database at 
http://www.netmediard.com/patca/index.php .  In the scroll-down menu on the left-hand 
side of the screen, click "Código" and ty pe SEA-2005-RSS-18 (available in Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  8 April 2005 
Proposed date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  8 April 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  8 April 2005 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ms Ruth Montes de Oca S. 
Directora de la Oficina de Tratados Comerciales Agrícolas (OTCA) Secretaría Ejecutiva del Comité MSF-RD Punto de Contacto/Servicio Nacional de Información MSF ante la OMC 
C/Manuel de Jesús Goico Castro No. 20 (antigua c/Z), Ensanche Naco 
Apartado Postal No. 10119 Santo Domingo, D.N., República Dominicana Tel.: +(809) 227-6188;  +(809) 227-3164;  +(809) 547-1575 Fax:  +(809) 540-5943 E-mail: rmontesdeoca@otcasea.gob.do
, rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.cnmsf.gob.do , http://www.otcasea.gob.do  
13. Texts available from:  [ X] National Notification Authority, [ X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Estado de Agricultura 
Departamento de Inocuidad Agroalimentaria 
Km. 6½ Autopista Duarte, Jardines del Norte Santo Domingo, D.N. República Dominicana Tel.: +(809) 547-3888, ext. 6024 Website: www.agricultura.gob.do