G/TBT/N/COL/249  
13 April 2021 
(21-3056) 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 : Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social  (Ministry of Health and 
Social Welfare)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification  shall be indicated if different from above:  
Punto de Contacto OTC/MSF  (TBT/SPS Enquiry Point)  
Servicio Nacional de Información de Colombia  (Colombian National Enquiry Point)  
puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
Dirección de Regulación  (Regulation Department)  
Calle 28 # 13 A 15 Piso 3  
(+571) 6067676, Ext. 1566  
Bogotá, Colombia  
www.mincit.gov.co  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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) : Tableware, 
kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of porcelain or china (other than 
baths, bidets, sinks and similar fixtures ; statuettes and other ornamental articles ; pots, 
jars, carboys and similar receptacles for the conveyance or packing of goods ; and coffee 
grinders and spice mills with receptacles made of ceramics and working parts of metal) 
(HS 6911) ; Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, 
other than of por celain or china (HS 6912) ; Glassware of a kind used for table, kitchen, 
toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar purposes (other than that of heading 7010 or 
7018), and sterilizing jars, mirrors, stained glass, lamps and lighting fittings, toilet spray s, 
thermos flasks and other isothermic containers (HS 7013)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
resolución del Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social "Por la cual se expide el reglamento 
técnico para vajillas y  artículos de vidrio, cerámica y vitrocerámica en contacto con 
alimentos, y los artículos de cerámica empleados en la cocción de los alimentos, que se 
fabriquen, importen, y comercialicen en el territorio nacional."  (Draft Resolution of the 
Ministry of Hea lth and Social Welfare establishing the technical regulation on tableware, 
kitchenware and articles of glass, ceramic or glass -ceramic in contact with foodstuffs, and 
ceramic ware used for cooking food, which are manufactured, imported and marketed in 
the national territory) (14 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/COL/249  
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  6. Description of content : The notified draft Resolution establishes the technical regulation 
for articles of glass, ceramic and glass -ceramic, tableware and kitchenware of glass, 
ceramic and glass -ceramic in con tact with foodstuffs, and ceramic ware used for cooking 
food, which are manufactured or imported for marketing in the national territory, with the 
aim of minimizing the risks to human health and safety that may arise from the release 
of lead and cadmium, a nd preventing deceptive practices.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection ; Protection of 
human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents : - 
9. Proposed date of adoption Date of publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months as from the date of publication in the 
Official Journal  
10. Final date for comments : 60 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:  
Dirección de Regulación  (Regulation Department)  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo (Ministry of Commerce , Industry and 
Tourism)  
Aurelio Enrique Mejía Mejía  
Calle 28 # 13 A 15 Piso 3  
Bogotá, D.C.  
(+571) 6067676 ext. 1566 ; (+571) 6067676 ext. 1340  
puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co ; mgonzalezs@mincit.gov.co  
https://www.mincit.gov.co/  
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