G/TBT/N/COL/229  
29 November 2017  
(17-6544) 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 del Trabajo (Ministry of Labour)  
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 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other : Transparency  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Chemicals 
(28.00.00)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Decreto del Ministerio del Trabajo "Por el cual se adopta el Sistema Globalmente 
Armonizado de Clasificación y Etiquetado de Productos Químicos y se dictan otras 
disposiciones en materia de seguridad química " (Draft Ministry of Labour Decree "Adopting 
the Globally Har monized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals and issuing 
other provisions on chemical safety ") (7 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Decree adopts the United Nations Globally 
Harmonized System of Classificatio n and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS ). 
Its articles cover the following : Purpose ; Scope; Exceptions ; Definitions ; Hazard 
classification ; Hazard communication ; Labelling ; Safety data sheets ; Access to information 
for emergency response ; Chemicals for consumers ; Chemical pesticides for agricultural 
use; Motor vehicle land transport of chemical substances ; Chemicals used in the 
workplace ; Responsibilities of chemical manufacturers, importers, marketers and users ; 
Responsibilities of the Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ministry of 
Transport and Ministry of Agriculture ; Responsibilities of Occupational Risk Managers 
(ARL) ; Inspection, surveillance and control ; 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:  
 Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals 
(ST/SG/AC.10/30/Rev.6)  
 Decisión 706 del 10 de Diciembre de 2008 de la Comisión de la Comunidad Andina 
(Decision No. 706 of 1 0 December 2 008 of the Commission of the Andean 
Community)  G/TBT/N/COL/229  
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   Decisión 804 del 24 de Abril de 2015 de la Comisión de la Comunidad Andina  
(Decision No. 804 of 24 April 2 015 of the Commission of the Andean Community)  
 Resolución 630 del 25 de Junio de 2002 de la Secretaría General de la Comunidad 
Andina  (Resolution No. 630 of 2 5 June 2 002 of the General Secretariat of the 
Andean Community)  
 Decreto N° 1843 del 22 d e Julio de 1991  (Decree No. 1843 of 2 2 July 1 991) 
 Decreto N° 1079 del 26 de Mayo de 2015, Decreto Único Reglamentario del Sector 
Transporte (Sección 8 del Capítulo 7 del Título 1 de la Parte 2) (Decree No. 1079 of 
26 May 2 015, Single Decree Regulating the Transportation Sector (Section 8 of 
Chapter 7 of Title 1 of Part 2))  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Date of publication in the Official Journal.  
Proposed date of entry into force : Upon publication in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments : 28 February 2 018 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone 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 or 1340  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism)  
Dirección de Regulación  (Regulation Department)  
Calle 28, N° 13A - 15 
Bogotá, D.C . Colombia  
Tel.: (+57-1) 606 7676 
Website: http:// www.mincit.gov.co/publicaciones.php?id=33051  
Also available at:  
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