G/TBT/N/COL/227  
 
28 August 2017  
(17-4570) 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 Comercio, Industria y Turismo / Dirección de 
Regulación  (Ministry of  Commerce, Industry and Tourism / Regulation Department)  
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 
Comercio, Industria y Turismo (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [ X], 5.7.1 [  ], other:   
4. Products cov ered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Pressure 
cookers  (7323.93.10.00 and 76 15.10.10.00)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proyec to de 
Resolución del Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo "Por la cual se expide el 
Reglamento Técnico para ollas de presión de uso doméstico que se importen o produzcan 
nacionalmente para su comercialización en Colombia " (Draft Resolution of the Mi nistry of 
Commerce, Industry and Tourism "Issuing the Technical Regulation applicable to household 
pressure cookers imported into or produced in Colombia for marketing in the country ”) (11 
pages, in Spanish )   
6. Description of content:  The notified draft  Resolution sets out the requirements governing  
the labelling of pressure cooker s, including the minimum information to be display ed on  the 
labels of such products . 
It covers the following: Purpose; Scope;  Exceptions; Definitions and acronyms ; 
Requi rements ; Labelling ; Conformity assessment procedure ; Document demonstrating 
conformity ; Registration  of producers and importers of products and services by  the 
Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade ; Monitoring and inspection bodies; Penalty 
system; Review and updating; Notificatio n; and Period of validity.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To prevent practices likely to mislead consumers  
8. Relevant documents:  Ley (Law) No. 1480 of 12 October 2011  - Estatuto del Consumidor  
(Consumer Protection Statute);  Decreto  (Decree) No. 2685 of 28 December 1999;  Decree 
No. 1074 of 26 May 2015  - Decreto Único del Sector Comercio, Industria y Turismo  (Single 
Decree Regulating the Industry and Tourism Sector ); Decree No.  1595 of 5 August 2015 ; 
Resolución  (Resolution)  No. 0495 of 7 June 2002 , notified in document 
G/TBT/N/COL/13/Add.1 ; and Norma Técnica Colombiana  (Colombian Technical Standard) 
No. NTC/ISO/IEC 17050 , Parts 1 and 2 .  G/TBT/N/C OL/227  
 
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  9.  Proposed date of adoption: Date of p ublication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of entry into force: One (1) year  after the date of publication in the 
Official Journal  
10. Final date for comments:  25 November 2017  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telep hone and fax 
numbers  and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Enquiry Point :  
Contact person : Daniel Héctor Rico R.  
Email : drico@mincit.gov.co  / mgonzalezs@mincit.gov.co  
Tel.: (+57-1) 606 -7676, Ext. 1690 / 1340 
 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  
Dirección de Regulación  
Calle 28 N° 13A - 15 
Bogotá, D.C. Colombia  
Tel.: (+57-1) 606 -7676 
Email : nrivera@mincit.gov.co   
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co/publicaciones.php?id=33051   
 
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