. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/DOM/3
13 March 2003
(03-1337)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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:
Directorate-General of Standards and Quality Systems (DIGENOR)
Av. México, Esq. Leopoldo Navarro,Edificio de Oficinas Gubernamentales Juan Pablo Duarte, 11
th floor.
Tel.: (809) 686-2205/07 and 685-1180
Fax: (809) 688-3843 and 682-9967
E-mail: digenor@codetel.net.do
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site
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):   HS 0401.  Dominican
Standard NORDOM No. 19, milk and dairy products, raw cow's milk.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Dominican Standard
NORDOM No. 19, Milk and Dairy Products. Raw Cow's Milk. Specifications  (First
Revision, 1999)  (8 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   Regulates the physical, chemical, microbiological and
organoleptic characteristics of raw cow's milk.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Establish minimum and maximum limits for the physical, chemical, microbiological and
organoleptic characteristics of raw cow's milk in order to determine its quality.
8. Relevant documents:   -
9. Proposed date of adoption:  17 October 1999
Proposed date of entry into force:
10. Final date for comments:  -G/TBT/N/DOM/3
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:  Hard copy
available from the Directorate-General of Standards and Quality Systems (DIGENOR).