G/TBT/N/COL/241  
4 March  2020 
(20-1673) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : COLOMBIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio  (Supervisory Authority 
for Industry and Trade)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the noti fication shall be indicated if different from above:  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and 
Tourism)  
Dirección de Regulación  (Regulation Department)  
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso  
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  
Tel.: (+571) 6067  676, Ext. 1566 or 1340  
Email : puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
mgonzalezs@mincit.gov.co  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co  
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) : Pre-
packaged products with constant nominal quantity and with random or variable nominal 
quantities, bearing a content or nominal quantity declaration in accordance with Law No. 
1480 of 2011, Decree No. 1074 of 2015  and the regulations amending or replacing them.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Resolución de la Superintendencia de Industria y Turismo "Por la cual se modifican los 
Capítulos Primero, Segundo, y Cuarto de l Título VI de la Circular Única, y se reglamenta 
el etiquetado y el control metrológico aplicable a productos preempacados"  (Draft 
Resolution of the Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade "Amending the first, 
second and fourth chapters of Title VI o f the Single Circular and regulating the labelling 
and metrological control of pre -packaged products") (25 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The draft Resolution covers the following:  
Article 1 : amends the first chapter of Title VI of the Sing le Circular of the Supervisory 
Authority for Industry and Trade . First chapter: legal units of measurement system in 
Colombia  
Article 2 : technical regulations on the labelling of pre-packaged products  
Article 3 : technical metrological regulations for pre -packaged products  G/TBT/N/COL/241  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Resolution No. 16379 of 2003  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Date of publication  
Proposed date of entry into force : 1 July 2 021 
10. Final date for comments : 90 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National Enquiry Point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo   
Dirección de Regulación  
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso  
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  
Tel.: (+571) 6067  676, Ext. 1566 or 1340  
Email : puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
mgonzalezs@mincit.gov.co  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/COL/20_1740_00_s.pdf  
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