WTO notification · TBT
Dominican RepublicUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Official title
REGLAMENTO TÉCNICO QUE REGULA LA COMERCIALIZACIÓN DE PRODUCTOS COSMÉTICOS, DE HIGIENE PERSONAL Y DEL HOGAR (Technical regulation governing the marketing of cosmetic, personal care and household care products); (40 pages, in Spanish)
The Dominican Republic issued an addendum on 8 December 2025 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/DOM/241. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 13 January 2025. The comment period closed on 14 March 2025.
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Cosmetics. Toiletries
The comment period closed on 14 March 2025. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/DOM/241/Add.1; it can take them up with the Dominican Republic.
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Technical regulation governing the marketing of cosmetic, personal care and household care products
__________1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified measure and/or interpretative guidance can be obtained.
The notified Technical Regulation covers the following: Purpose; Scope of application; Legal framework, Definitions, General provisions, Labelling, Accepted references for the manufacture of cosmetics, personal care and household care products, Mandatory sanitary notification for cosmetics, personal care and household care products, Obligations of the applicant with respect to the Mandatory Sanitary Notification for cosmetics, personal care and household care products.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/DOM/241/Add.1
Technical regulation governing the marketing of cosmetic, personal care and household care products
__________1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified measure and/or interpretative guidance can be obtained.
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/DOM/241
Comment deadline: Closed on 14 March 2025
REGLAMENTO TÉCNICO QUE REGULA LA COMERCIALIZACIÓN DE PRODUCTOS COSMÉTICOS, DE HIGIENE PERSONAL Y DEL HOGAR (Technical regulation governing the marketing of cosmetic, personal care and household care products); (40 pages, in Spanish)
The notified Technical Regulation covers the following: Purpose; Scope of application; Legal framework, Definitions, General provisions, Labelling, Accepted references for the manufacture of cosmetics, personal care and household care products, Mandatory sanitary notification for cosmetics, personal care and household care products, Obligations of the applicant with respect to the Mandatory Sanitary Notification for cosmetics, personal care and household care products.
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