. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/COL/5
11 June 2001
(01-2861)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Economic Development
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
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):  Animal feed, bags,
cocoa, cereals, chocolate, metal and plastic packaging, glass containers, fertilizers,
pesticides, agro-pharmaceutical products, products from fruit, pulses and leguminous plants,
packing tubes, sacks.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Resolution
Making Non-Mandatory Certain Mandatory Colombian Official Technical Standards,7 pages, in Spanish.
6. Description of content:  Colombian Technical Standard (NTC) 34 (fifth revision),
agricultural chemical products, fertilizers, soil improvers and conditioners.  Paragraphs:  all;
NTC 40 (fifth revision), agricultural chemical products, chemical fertilizers, labelling.
Paragraphs:  all;  NTC 122 (third revision), agricultural chemical products, fertilizer urea.
Paragraphs:  all;  NTC 134 (fourth revision), agricultural chemical products, agricultural
pesticides, definitions and classification.  Paragraphs:  all;  NTC 200 (sixth revision),
agricultural pesticides, labelling.  Paragraphs:  all;  NTC 366 (second revision), food
industries, grain corn for consumption.  Paragraphs:  4.1.1) waste material, 7.2.5) pest,residue and pesticide management instructions;  NTC 479 (third revision), agro-industry,
animal feed, sources of calcium and phosphorus.  Paragraphs:  4.5) maximum metal content,
4.7) maximum arsenic content;  NTC 536 (third revision), food industries, sesame seeds for
industrial use.  Paragraphs:  2.1.8) objectionable smells, 4.1.6) aflatoxin requirements;
NTC 604 (first revision), wheat for consumption.  Paragraphs:  4.1.2) toxic waste; NTC 671(second revision), agro-industry, grains, cereals and pulses, white rice for consumption.
Paragraphs:  2.1.16) moisture content;  NTC 844 (third revision), agricultural chemical
products, pesticides, plastic packaging for pesticides.  Paragraphs:  3.1) cracks, 3.2) water
tightness, 3.6) safety fastening, 4.1) empty space, 4.2) leak-tightness, 4.3) impact strength,
4.4) breaking strength of fastening, 4.5) compressive strength, 4.6) bending strength ofhandle, 4.7) chemical resistance;  NTC 871 (first revision), beans for consumption.
Paragraphs:  2.1.11) moisture content;  NTC 883 (first revision), agro-industry, fresh fruit,G/TBT/N/COL/5
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6. Description of content:  (cont'd) table grapes, classification.  Paragraphs: 3.4) pesticide
residues; NTC 937 (first revision), grains and cereals, lentils for consumption.
Paragraphs: 4.2) toxic waste;  NTC 1,103 (second revision), food industries, table tomatoes.
Paragraphs:  2) stating that "pesticides levels should not exceed the maximum international
limits (the Codex Alimentarius) or those es tablished by the country of destination";
NTC 1,252 (second revision), food industries, cocoa.  Paragraphs:  3) general conditions,
table 1, mouldy grain, sprouted grain, grain damaged by insects and moisture, well-
fermented grain and insufficiently fermented grain;  NTC 2,706 (first revision), agricultural
chemical products, pesticides, glass containers.  Paragraphs:  3.1) cracks, 3.3) leak-
tightness, 4.1) empty space, 4.2) degree of annealing, 4.3) thermal shock resistance,
4.4) chemical durability, 4.5) wall thickne ss; NTC 2,707 (first revision), agricultural
chemical products, pesticides, metal packaging. Paragraphs:  4.1) table 1 (capacity, emptyspace), 4.4) leakage;  NTC 2,708 (first revision) , agricultural chemical products, pesticides,
paper packaging.  Paragraphs:  2.1) moisture and chemical resistance, 2.2) number of paper
ply, 3) basic mass;  NTC 3,553, agricultural chem ical products, fertilizers, sulphur for soil
conditioners.  Paragraphs:  4.2) selenium and arsenic content;  NTC 3,584, pesticides, guide
to the disposal of pesticide residues. Paragraphs:  all on Control and SurveillanceDepartment, Colombian Agricultural Institute.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
8. Relevant documents:  Law 155 of 1959, Law 170 of 1994 and Decree 2,522 of
4 December 2000
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Date of publication
Proposed date of entry into force:  4 August 2001
10. Final date for comments:  4 August 2001
11. Texts available in:  Spanish
National enquiry point:  
Ministry of Economic Development
Department of Trade and Promotion of Competition
Carrera 13, No. 28 - 01, Piso 7°
Bogotà, D.C., ColombiaTel:  (571) 350-5500, ext. 1700
Fax:  (571) 350-9564
E-mail:  normalizacion01@mindesa.gov.co
Address, telephone and fax number of another body:  
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Avenida Jiménez No. 7-65Bogotà, D.C., Colombia
Tel:  282-8388
Fax:  341-9005