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WORLD TRADE
G/TBT/N/DOM/142
22 November 2011
ORGANIZATION
(11-6110)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
Original: Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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 Gubernamentales "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) codes 77.140.60 and 91.080.40
5.
Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: RTD 458:
Materiales de construcción. Barras de acero corrugadas y lisas para el refuerzo del
hormigón.
Especificaciones (Dominican Technical Regulation (RTD) No. 458:
Construction materials. Deformed and plain steel bars for concrete reinforcement.
Specifications) (21 pages, in Spanish)
6.
Description of content: The notified Standard covers the following: Definitions;
Purchase order information;
Requirements;
Tensile and bending requirements;
Permissible variation in weight; Testing; Finish; Marking; Packaging and labelling,
Inspection; and Conformity assessment.
7.
Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
To establish the technical requirements for steel bars which are deformed or plain, straight,
cut to size and/or in coils, with a view to ensuring national security, protecting human and
animal life, the environment and geographic conditions, and avoiding practices liable to
mislead or harm end-users.
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8.
Relevant documents:
(a) American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard No. A615 2008:
Standard Specification for Deformed and Plain Carbon-Steel Bars for Concrete
Reinforcement;
(b) NCh 204-2006: Acero – Barras laminadas en caliente para hormigón armado
(Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 204-2006: Steel - Hot-rolled bars for reinforced
concrete);
(c) COVENIN 316:2000: Barras y rollos de acero con resaltes para uso como refuerzo
estructural (Venezuelan Commission for Industrial Standards (COVENIN) Standard
No. 316:2000: Deformed steel reinforcing bars and coils for structural use);
(d) NC 7:2002: Barras de acero para refuerzo de hormigón. Especificaciones (Cuban
Standard (NC) No. 7:2002: Steel bars for concrete reinforcement. Specifications);
(e) Jamaica Standard (JS) No. 33:1999: Specification for Hot-Rolled Steel Bars for the
Reinforcement of Concrete;
(f)
Canadian Standards Association Standard No. CAN/CSA-G-30.18-92: Billet-Steel
Bars for Concrete Reinforcement;
(g) COGUANOR NGO 36 011:2005: Barras de acero de refuerzo para hormigón
(concreto), sin exigencias especiales de soldabilidad. Especificaciones (Guatemalan
Standards Commission (COGUANOR) Mandatory Standard (NGO) No. 36 011:2005:
Steel bars for concrete reinforcement without special weldability requirements.
Specifications).
9.
Proposed date of adoption:
Six months after publication
Proposed date of entry into force:
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 Gubernamentales "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/