Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Dominican Republic - Hydraulic concrete

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.

 

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Notifying Member: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible:

Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones (Ministry of Public Works and Communications)/Dirección General de Reglamentos y Sistemas (Directorate General of Regulations and Systems)

Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:

Dirección General de Reglamentos y Sistemas:

Rosa Ortiz - Office: (809) 565-2811, ext. 6036/2010 / Mobile: (829) 962-9975

Email: r.ortiz@mopc.gob.do / rosymaggiolo@hotmail.com

Xiomara Almodóvar - Office: (809) 565-2811, ext. 9298 / Mobile: (809) 258-1529

Email: x.almodovar@mopc.gob.do / xiomaralmodovar@hotmail.com

3.

Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Concrete and concrete products (ICS Code 91.100.30)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: RT-102 REGLAMENTO TÉCNICO DE HORMIGÓN HIDRÁULICO (RT-102 Technical Regulation on hydraulic concrete) (22 pages, in Spanish)

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Description of content: The notified Technical Regulation contains information on:

 General considerations

·Purpose and scope

 Definitions and notations

 Requirements

 Product specifications

 General criteria

 Material requirements

 Mixing requirements

 Provisions of the marketing process

 Design and construction criteria

 Use of concrete in construction

 Hydraulic concrete classes by strength

 Uses of concrete based on their strength

 Inspection criteria

 Sampling

 Quality control requirements

 Laboratory testing requirements

 Conformity assessment

        - of official inspections

        - of producers

 Official inspection procedure

 Final provisions

 General implementation criteria

 Legal provisions

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: National security requirements; Protection of human health and safety

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Relevant documents:

• ACI 318, Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete.- American Concrete Institute.

• ASTM C94/C 94M, Standard Specification for Ready-Mixed Concrete.- ASTM International.

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Proposed date of adoption: First quarter of 2024

Proposed date of entry into force: Six months after adoption

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

Servicio Nacional de Información sobre OTC (National TBT enquiry point)

Viceministerio de Comercio Exterior, VICOMEX (Vice-Ministry of Foreign Trade)

Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Mypimes, MICM (Ministry of Industry, Trade and MSMEs)

Avenida 27 de Febrero No. 306

Torre MICM

Bella Vista

Tel.: (+1 809)-685-5171

Email: rdotc@micm.gob.do

Website: https://micm.gob.do