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For fertilizers and their raw materials, obtaining an import permit from the DPAG requires the submission of a no objection permit issued by the Ministry of the Environment. (...)

Table 3.7 Products subject to permits, at August 2014
- Product: Ozone depleting gases and substances [d]
- Legal instrument (Date of enactment):
Resolution No. 10 2012 (25 March 2012)
Resolution No. 27 2012 (23 March 2012)
Resolution No. 02 2010 (15 January 2010)
Decree No. 565 11 (29 September 2011)
Resolution No. 12 2005 (6 September 2005)
Decree No. 356 99 (12 August 1999)
Law No. 64 00 (18 August 2000)
Law No. 311 (24 May 1968)

[d] Permits granted by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources.

Table 3.11 Principal laws and agreements composing the legal framework for sanitary and phytosanitary measures
(...) Principal legislation Legal framework Date of enactment Brief description
Animal health
 Law on the Environment and Natural Resources Law No. 64 00 18 August 2000 N/A

(...) The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) has the task of regulating trade in dangerous substances, forestry products and matters relating to wildlife, the soil and water. (...)

An export permit issued by the Ministry of Public Health is also required for medicines and chemical substances and from SEMARNAT for plants and wild animals and their products. [167] (…)

[167] Decree No. 1288 04 of 1 October 2004. These are plants, wild animals and their products subject to the regulations on international trade in wild species of fauna and flora (CITES).

Under the Doha Round, the Dominican Republic plays an active role in the discussions on reforms regarding the protection of IPRs. Together with other Members, it has put forward proposals on issues such as the extension of protection of geographical indications to all products, and incorporation of the requirement to disclose the origin of genetic resources and traditional knowledge in relation to patents. [281] (...)

[281] WTO documents TN/C/W/52 of 19 July 2008, WT/GC/W/590 of 28 May 2008 and TN/C/W/59 of 19 April 2011.

(...) The institutional changes that took place during the review period include the establishment of: (a) the Department of Organic Farming (DAO) of the Ministry of Agriculture (attached to the Vice Ministry of Agricultural Extension and Training), under Resolution No. 18 2013; (b) the Department of Risk Management and Climate Change (attached to the Vice Ministry of Agricultural Sector Planning), under Resolution No. 34 2011; (...) The National Council for Agriculture (CNA) is responsible for coordinating the joint action of the institutions that make up the agricultural sector. In accordance with Decree No. 454 98, the CNA is chaired by the Minister of Agriculture and advises the Ministry on the formulation of policy on agricultural, livestock and natural resources development, while providing support for agricultural programmes and projects.

(...) The Fisheries Law applies to all activities relating to the exploitation and/or extraction of existing marine and aquatic biological resources, whether or not for profit, and its objective is to establish a sustainable fisheries system in the Dominican Republic.

(...) The granting and renewal of fishing licences depend on the state of the resources to be exploited under the licence. (...)

(…) Moreover, as an incentive to produce and export, the Fisheries Law provides for commercially produced aquaculture or sea farming products to be free of tax for five years and for fish caught at sea, if it receives any value added, to be free of tax for three years. However, according to the authorities, this tax has never been applied (Section 3.2.2). (...)