. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/COL/20
5 December 2002
(02-6714)
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 Mines and Energy
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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):  Insulators, copper and
aluminium wires for electrical purposes, beacons, incandescent bulbs, copper and aluminium
cables for electrical purposes, electric fences, insulating tape, general-purpose plugs, surge
protection equipment, earthing electrodes, generators, metal fittings, manual and automatic
low-voltage switches, electric motors for ra ted voltages exceeding 25 V, lamp-holders for
incandescent bulbs, temporary earth connections, switchboards, general-purpose sockets,transmission towers, distribution and power transformers and pipes for electrical installations.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Technical
Regulation on Electrical Equipment and Installations  (135 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This draft Technical Regulation sets forth the essential requirements
for guaranteeing safety in the face of electrical risks, defines the scope of application and the
basic characteristics of electrical equipment and installations and establishes a number of
requirements pertaining to the relationship between public utility companies and users, with
particular attention being paid to problems of user safety and aspects relating to Government
intervention in cases of infringement and the procedure applicable in each instance. It alsoestablishes measures which guarantee safety by preventing, minimizing or eliminating
electrical risks; requirements are based on compliance with civil and mechanical
requirements and requirements concerning the manufacture of electrical equipment.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable: 
Establish measures which guarantee the safety of human, animal and plant life and
protection of the environment by preventing, minimizing or eliminating electrical risks.
Prevent practices likely to mislead users.G/TBT/N/COL/20
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8. Relevant documents:   Colombian Technical Standard No. 2050, first revision (Colombian
Electrical Code).
9. Proposed date of adoption:  15 March 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  Sixty (60) days after publication in the Official Journal.
10. Final date for comments:   1 March 2003
11. Texts available in Spanish  from:
National enquiry point [  X ]
Ministry of Economic Development
Department of Trade and Promotion of Competition
Carrera 13, No. 28 - 01, 7th floor
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Tel.:  (571) 350-5500, ext. 713
Fax:  (571) 350-9564
E-mail: normalizacion01@mindesa.gov.co
             COLOMBIA@mindesa.gov.co
or address, telephone and fax numbers and E- mail and Web site addresses, if available,
of other body:
Ministry of Mines and Energy
National Administrative Centre (CAN), 5th floor
Bogota, D.C., Colombia
Tel.:  (571) 324-5202
Fax:  (571) 324-5207E-mail:   luis.mejia@minminas.gov.co