G/TBT/N/BOL/26 , G/TBT/N/COL/267  
G/TBT/N/ECU/523 , G/TBT/N/PER/156  
18 March  2024 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, PERU  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Secretaría General de la Comunidad Andina  (General Secretariat of the Andean 
Community)  
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:  
Ministerio de Desarrollo Productivo y Economía Plural , MDPyEP (Ministry of Productive 
Development and the Plural Economy)  
Av. Mariscal Santa Cruz, Edif . Centro de Comunicaciones, piso 17  
La Paz, Bolivia  
Tel.: (+591) (2) 2184444  
Fax: (+591) (2) 2316942  
Mobile : (+591) 701 900 13  
Email: reglamentos.otc@produccion.gob.bo  
Email: andres.ledezma@produccion.gob.bo  
Email: reglamentos.otc@produccion.gob.bo  
Website : www.produccion.gob.bo  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Footwear, 
gaiters and the like ; parts of such articles (HS code : 64) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : ANTEPROYECT O 
DE LINEAMIENTOS (MÉTODO DE ENSAYO) PARA LA DETERMINACIÓN DE LOS 
MATERIALES PREDOMINANTES DEL CALZADO  (Preliminary draft guidelines (test method) 
to determine the predominant materials of footwear) (17 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The no tified text establishes guidelines for the gravimetric 
method in order to determine the percentage of materials in the main parts of footwear 
(upper, lining, insole and sole) ; indirectly by weighing pieces of transparent plastic film 
(mica) that trace the shape of the materials of the upper and/or lining and/or insole, as 
appropriate . The weights directly determine the density and volume of the materials that 
make up the sole.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection  G/TBT/N/BOL/26 • G/TBT/N/COL/267 • G/TBT/N/ECU/523 • G/TBT/N/PER/156  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
2.1 ISO 2781 :2018, Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of density  
2.2 ISO 2420 :2017, Leather - Physical and mechanical tests  - Determination of apparent 
density and mass per unit area  
2.3 ISO 5084 :1996, Textiles - Determination of thickness of textiles and textile products  
2.4 ISO 2589 :2016, Leather Physical and mechanical tests - Determination of thickness  
2.5 ISO 2286 -3:2016, Ru bber- or plastics -coated fabrics - Determination of roll 
characteristics - Part 3 : Method for determination of thickness  
2.6 ISO 17131 :2020, Leather - Identification of leather with microscopy  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date o f entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Viceministerio de Políticas de Industrialización  (Vice-Ministry for Industrialization Policies)  
Focal point : Richard Wilmer Rojas Ramos, Director General d e Servicios y Calidad 
Industrial  (Director General of Services and Industrial Quality)  
Viceministerio de Políticas de Industrialización  
Alternate focal point : Andrés Gerardo Ledezma Araníbar, Profesional en Análisis de 
Reglamentación Técnica  (Expert in Tec hnical Regulation Analysis)  
Tel.: (+591) 2 2184377  
Email: richard.rojas@produccion.gob.bo ; andres.ledezma@produccion.gob.bo  
Technical Regulations:  
Viceministerio de Políticas de Industrialización  
Av. Mcal. Santa Cruz, Edif . Centro de Comunicaciones  
La Paz, Bolivia  
Tel.: (+591) (2) 2184377  
Email: reglamentos.otc@produccion.gob.bo  
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