A container of packaged goods can clear Dominican customs and still be unsellable. Without a sanitary registration, the registro sanitario, no packaged food or beverage may legally be imported, distributed or offered to the public, and retailers know it. The Ministry of Health controls the sanitary lifecycle of foods, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, beer, medicines, […]
Dominican Branch may be registered by foreign companies interested in doing business in the Dominican Republic (DR). Under Dominican law, a registered foreign company branch office can enter into contracts and execute and settle transactions in its own name, and can sue and be sued at its place of business. In order to successfully complete […]
Dominican Customs Law established that the Dominican Customs Administration is responsible for preventing illegal tax acts and to apply administrative sanctions, collect tax debt, whether voluntarily or by exercising its powers of tax fiscal enforcement, being able in that aspect, to re- liquidate and collect duties and taxes that for any concept are owed to […]
The system for the promotion of Dominican free zones establishes at least three categories of export free zones which offer opportunities for investors and exporters at the different levels of industrial processing, taking into account their location, number, qualification of job posts and the origin of the raw materials and of the products to be […]
Now it will be easier for travelers to use the Punta Cana’s International Airport bound for the United States. The Dominican and US customs authorities signed an air pre-authorization agreement for travelers using Punta Cana’s international airport to the United States on December second (2nd) of 2016, whereby they will be exempt from registering at […]
Foreign professional service providers must register and present their technical or professional qualifications as a guarantee, to be able to operate temporarily in the Dominican Republic. The creation of such register was decided by the Dominican Consumer Protection Institute (“Pro Consumidor”) Resolution 03-2011 of July 21st of 2011, pursuant to article 53 of the Dominican […]
Stopping Counterfeits at the Border: How Customs IP Enforcement Works in the Dominican Republic Once a container of counterfeit goods clears customs and its contents scatter across markets and storefronts, a brand owner’s remedies get slow and expensive. Dominican law is built around a cheaper alternative: stopping the shipment at the pier. Intellectual Property Law […]
The Dominican Republic Customs Law allows for different customs regimes which may be applied to according to the desired commercial, export and trade operation, including most that we summarize as follows: Regime of Import for Consumption Article 53 of Law No. 3489, provides that the duties and taxes to be paid over the imported goods […]
Dominican Customs Law 3489, of February 14 of 1953 and its amendments, contains the customs regime of the Dominican Republic (DR). The last amendment to Law No. 3489 was made by the Law No. 226-06, which grants legal personality and functional, budget, administrative, technical autonomy and its own patrimony to the Dominican General Customs Administration […]
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