G/TBT/N/COL/201  
7 February 2014  
(14-0766)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
(Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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 - Dirección de Regulación (Ministry of Commerce, 
Industry and Tourism - Regulation Department) 
3. Notified under Arti cle 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [  ], other:  Transparency 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable):  
Not applicable 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto 
de Decreto del Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo "Por el cual se reorganiza el Subsistema Nacional de la Calidad y se modifica el Decreto 2269 de 1993"  
(Draft Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Decree "Restructuring the National 
Quality Subsystem and amending Decree No. 2269 of 1993") (35 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Decree covers the following: Description, 
structure and objectives of the National Quality Subsystem (SNCA); Definitions; Standardization; Technical regulation; Preparation and issuing of technical regulations; 
Accreditation; Conformity assessment bodies; Conformity assessment procedures; 
Conformity assessment procedure for products; Conformity assessment procedure for installations and processes; Scientific and industrial metrology; Legal metrology; 
 
Pre-packaged products; Supervision and contro l; Period of validity; and Derogations. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  National Quality Subsystem objectives, namely protection of human and 
animal life and health; plant protection; environmental protection; protection of national security; and prevention of practi ces likely to mislead consumers, inter alia . 
8. Relevant documents:  Ley 1480 del 12 de octubre de 2011  (Law No. 1480 
of 12 October 2011); Decreto 2269 del 16 de noviembre de 1993  (Decree No. 2269 
of 16 November 1993); Decreto 4175 del 3 de noviembre de 2011  (Decree No. 4175 
of 3 November 2011); International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) Standards Nos. 17020, 17025, 17043 and 17050; 
and ISO/IEC Guide No. 67.  G/TBT/N/COL/201 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into 
force:   Date on which the Decree is signed. 
Six months after date of publication 
in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:  5 May 2014 
11. Texts available from: National enquir y point [X] or address, telephone and 
fax numbers and email and website addre sses, if available, of other body: 
Enquiry Point: 
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R. Email: drico@mincit.gov.co  
 puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
Tel.: +57 1 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +57 1 606-4777 
 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 No 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +57 1 606-4775  
Text also available at: 
http://extranet.comunidadandina.org/SIRT/public/index.aspx  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/tbt/COL/14_0600_00_s.pdf