1.

Notifying Member:  Dominican Republic

If applicable, name of local government involved:  Dominican Republic

2.

Agency responsible:  Departamento de Inocuidad de los Alimentos, Ministerio de Agricultura (Food Safety Department, Ministry of Agriculture)

3.

Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Residue monitoring programme for natural honey in the Dominican Republic

4.

Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X] All trading partners

[ ]   Specific regions or countries: 

5.

Title of the notified document: Programa de Monitoreo de Residuos en Miel de Abeja en la República Dominicana (Residue monitoring programme for natural honey in the Dominican Republic)

Language(s):  Spanish  Number of pages: 5

Text available at:

http://cnmsf.gob.do/Portals/0/docs/Texto%20Legales/Resoluciones/Inocuidad%20Alimentaria/Resoluci%C3%B3n%2007-2015.pdf

http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/DOM/15_3081_00_s.pdf

6.

Description of content: The residue monitoring programme for natural honey will include the following elements:

1.   Surveillance and monitoring of the residues of pesticides, veterinary drugs and pollutants in natural honey (sampling plan);

2.   A sanitary inspection programme, and programmes to follow up on results in the event of non-conformity owing to the presence of illegal residues of veterinary drugs, pesticides and pollutants in natural honey for domestic consumption and export, which are detected by the national control authorities or agencies of countries importing natural honey from the Dominican Republic.

7.

Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [X] 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 standard?  If so, identify the standard:

[X]      Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text)

1.   CAC/GL 33-1999: "Recommended methods of sampling for the determination of pesticide residues for compliance with MRLS";

2.   CAC/GL 50-2004: "General guidelines on sampling";

3.   CAC/GL 71-2009: "Guidelines for the design and implementation of national regulatory food safety assurance programme associated with the use of veterinary drugs in food-producing animals";

4.   CODEX STAN 234-1999: "Recommended methods of analysis and sampling".

[ ]      World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number)

[ ]        International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)

[ ]      None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 

       [X] Yes   [ ] No

       If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard: 

9.

Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy):  Not applicable

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy):  27 March 2015

11.

Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):  Not applicable

[ ] Trade facilitating measure

12.

Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 5 October 2015

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:   

Oficina de Tratados Comerciales Agrícolas (OTCA)

Ministerio de Agricultura

Secretaría Ejecutiva del Comité Nacional para la Aplicación de las Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias (CNMSF)

Punto de Contacto / Servicio Nacional de Información MSF ante la OMC

Km 6? Autopista Duarte, Urb. Jardines del Norte, CP 10602

Santo Domingo, D.N., República Dominicana

Tel.:        (+809) 227-6188

              (+809) 227-3164

              (+809) 547-1575

Fax:        (+809) 540-5943

E-mail:    rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com

               info@cnmsf.gob.do

Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do

               http://www.cnmsf.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: 

Oficina de Tratados Comerciales Agrícolas (OTCA)

Ministerio de Agricultura

Secretaría Ejecutiva del Comité Nacional para la Aplicación de las Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias (CNMSF)

Punto de Contacto / Servicio Nacional de Información MSF ante la OMC

Km 6? Autopista Duarte, Urb. Jardines del Norte, CP 10602

Santo Domingo, D.N., República Dominicana

Tel.:        (+809) 227-6188

              (+809) 227-3164

              (+809) 547-1575

Fax:        (+809) 540-5943

E-mail:   rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com

               info@cnmsf.gob.do

Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do

               http://www.cnmsf.gob.do