G/TBT/N/COL/243  
8 December  2020 
(20-8823) Page: 1/6 
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 Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible  (Ministry of the 
Environment and Sustainable Development)  
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 covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Land-
based mobile sources : 8701200000 - Road tractors for semi -trailers ; 8702101000 - Motor 
vehicles, with compres sion-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi -
diesel), for the transport of ten or more persons and a maximum of 16 persons, including 
the driver ; 8702109000 - Other motor vehicles, with compression -ignition internal 
combustion piston eng ine (diesel or semi -diesel), for the transport of ten or more persons, 
including the driver ; 8702201000 - Other motor vehicles, with both compression -ignition 
internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi -diesel) and electric motor as motors for 
propul sion, for the transport of a maximum of 16 persons, including the driver ; 
8702209000 - Other motor vehicles, with both compression -ignition internal combustion 
piston engine (diesel or semi -diesel) and electric motor as motors for propulsion, for the 
transport of a maximum of 16 persons, including the driver ; 8702301000 - Motor vehicles 
with both spark -ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric 
motor as motors for propulsion, for the transport of a maximum of 16 persons, including  
the driver ; 8702309000 - Other motor vehicles, with both spark -ignition internal 
combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion 
(hybrids) ; 8702901010 - Other motor vehicles for the transport of a maximum of 16 
persons, including the driver, with an engine fuelled exclusively by natural gas ; 
8702901090 - Other motor vehicles with an engine fuelled exclusively by natural gas, for 
the transport of ten or more persons and a maximum of 16 persons, including the driver ; 
870290 9010 - Other motor vehicles for the transport of a maximum of 16 persons, 
including the driver, with an engine fuelled exclusively by natural gas ; 8702909090 - 
Other motor vehicles, with other engines, for the transport of ten or more persons, 
including th e driver ; 8703210090 - Other motor cars and other motor vehicles principally 
designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including 
station wagons and racing cars, with only spark -ignition internal combustion reciprocating 
piston engine, of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1,000 cc ; 8703221020 - Other motor 
cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than 
those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing ca rs, with spark -ignition 
internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, fuelled exclusively by natural gas, of a 
cylinder capacity exceeding 1,000 cc but not exceeding 1,500 cc, with four -wheel drive ; G/TBT/N/COL/243  
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  8703221090 - Other motor cars and other motor vehicles  principally designed for the 
transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and 
racing cars, with spark -ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, of a 
cylinder capacity exceeding 1,000 cc but not exceedi ng 1,500 cc, with four -wheel drive ; 
8703229030 - Other motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the 
transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and 
racing cars, with only spark -ignition internal co mbustion reciprocating piston engine, 
fuelled exclusively by natural gas, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,000 cc but not 
exceeding 1,500 cc ; 8703229090 - Other motor cars and other motor vehicles principally 
designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including 
station wagons and racing cars, with only spark -ignition internal combustion reciprocating 
piston engine, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,000 cc but not exceeding 1,500 cc ; 
8703231020 - Other motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the 
transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and 
racing cars, with only spark -ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, 
fuelled exclusively by natural gas, of  a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,500 cc but not 
exceeding 3,000 cc, with four -wheel drive ; 8703231090 - Other motor cars and other 
motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of 
heading 87.02), including station wagon s and racing cars, with only spark -ignition internal 
combustion reciprocating piston engine, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,500 cc but not 
exceeding 3,000 cc, with four -wheel drive ; 8703239030 - Other motor cars and other 
motor vehicles principally des igned for the transport of persons (other than those of 
heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars, with only spark -ignition internal 
combustion reciprocating piston engine, fuelled exclusively by natural gas, of a cylinder 
capacity exceeding  1,500 cc but not exceeding 3,000 cc ; 8703239090 - Other motor cars 
and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than 
those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars, with only spark -
ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 
1500 cc but not exceeding 3000 cc ; 8703241020 - Other motor cars and other motor 
vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 
87.02), includ ing station wagons and racing cars, with spark -ignition internal combustion 
reciprocating piston engine, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 3,000 cc , with four -wheel 
drive, with engine fuelled exclusively by natural gas ; 8703241090 - Other motor cars and 
other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those 
of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars, with only spark -ignition 
internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 3, 000 
cc, with four -wheel drive ; 8703249030 - Other motor cars and other motor vehicles 
principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), 
including station wagons and racing cars, with only spark -ignition internal combust ion 
reciprocating piston engine, fuelled exclusively by natural gas, of a cylinder capacity 
exceeding 3,000 cc ; 8703249090 - Other motor cars and other motor vehicles principally 
designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), in cluding 
station wagons and racing cars, with only spark -ignition internal combustion reciprocating 
piston engine, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 3,000 cc ; 8703311000 - Other motor cars 
and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of pe rsons (other than 
those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars, with only compression -
ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi -diesel), of a cylinder capacity 
not exceeding 1,500 cc , with four -wheel drive ; 8703319000 - Other motor cars and other 
motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of 
heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars, with only compression -ignition 
internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi -diesel), of a cylinder capacity not 
exceeding 1,500 cc ; 8703321000 - Other motor cars and other motor vehicles principally 
designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including 
station wagons and racing cars, with onl y compression -ignition internal combustion piston 
engine (diesel or semi -diesel), of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,500 cc but not exceeding 
2,500 cc, with four -wheel drive ; 8703329000 - Other motor cars and other motor vehicles 
principally designed for t he transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), 
including station wagons and racing cars, with only compression -ignition internal 
combustion piston engine (diesel or semi -diesel), of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,500 
cc but not exceeding 2,5 00 cc; 8703331000 - Other motor cars and other motor vehicles 
principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), 
including station wagons and racing cars, with compression -ignition internal combustion G/TBT/N/COL/243  
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  piston engine (dies el or semi -diesel), of a cylinder capacity exceeding 2,500 cc, with four -
wheel drive ; 8703401000 - Other vehicles, with both spark -ignition internal combustion 
reciprocating piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion, other than those 
capabl e of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power, with four -wheel 
drive; 8703409000 - Other vehicles, with both spark -ignition internal combustion 
reciprocating piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion, other than those 
capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power ; 8703501000 - 
Other vehicles, with both compression -ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel 
or semi -diesel) and electric motor as motors for propulsion, other than those c apable of 
being charged by plugging to external source of electric power, with four -wheel drive ; 
8703509000 - Other vehicles, with both compression -ignition internal combustion piston 
engine (diesel or semi -diesel) and electric motor as motors for propulsi on, other than 
those capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power ; 
8703601000 - Other vehicles, with both spark -ignition internal combustion piston engine 
and electric motor as motors for propulsion, capable of being charged by  plugging to 
external source of electric power, with four -wheel drive ; 8703609000 - Other vehicles, 
with both spark -ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor as motors 
for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external sou rce of electric power ; 
8703701000 - Other vehicles, with both compression -ignition internal combustion piston 
engine (diesel or semi -diesel) and electric motor as motors for propulsion, capable of 
being charged by plugging to external source of electric po wer, with four -wheel drive ; 
8703709000 - Other vehicles, with both compression -ignition internal combustion piston 
engine (diesel or semi -diesel) and electric motor as motors for propulsion, capable of 
being charged by plugging to external source of electric power ; 8704211000 - Other 
motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with compression -ignition internal combustion 
piston engine (diesel or semi -diesel), g.v.w not exceeding 4.537 tonnes ; 8704219000 - 
Other motor vehicles for the transport of good s, with compression -ignition internal 
combustion piston engine (diesel or semi -diesel), g.v.w exceeding 4.537 tonnes but not 
exceeding 5 tonnes ; 8704221000 - Other motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with 
compression -ignition internal combustion pis ton engine (diesel or semi -diesel), g.v.w 
exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 6.2 tonnes ; 8704222000 - Other motor vehicles 
for the transport of goods, with compression -ignition internal combustion piston engine 
(diesel or semi -diesel), g.v.w exceeding 6. 2 tonnes but not exceeding 9.3 tonnes ; 
8704229000 - Other motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with compression -ignition 
internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi -diesel), g.v.w exceeding 9.3 tonnes but 
not exceeding 20 tonnes ; 8704230000 - Other motor vehicles for the transport of goods, 
with compression -ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi -diesel), g.v.w 
exceeding 20 tonnes ; 8704311010 - Other motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with 
spark -ignition internal combu stion piston engine, g.v.w not exceeding 4.537 tonnes, with 
engine fuelled exclusively by natural gas ; 8704311090 - Other motor vehicles for the 
transport of goods, with spark -ignition internal combustion piston engine, g.v.w not 
exceeding 4.537 tonnes ; 8704319010 - Other motor vehicles for the transport of goods, 
with spark -ignition internal combustion piston engine, g.v.w not exceeding 5 tonnes, with 
engine fuelled exclusively by natural gas ; 8704319090 - Other motor vehicles for the 
transport of goods, w ith spark -ignition internal combustion piston engine, g.v.w not 
exceeding 5 tonnes ; 8704321010 - Other motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with 
spark -ignition internal combustion piston engine, g.v.w exceeding 5 tonnes but not 
exceeding 6.2 tonnes, with engine fuelled exclusively by natural gas ; 8704321090 - Other 
motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with spark -ignition internal combustion piston 
engine, g.v.w exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 6.2 tonnes ; 8704322010 - Other 
motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with spark -ignition internal combustion piston 
engine, g.v.w exceeding 6.2 tonnes but not exceeding 9.3 tonnes, with engine fuelled 
exclusively by natural gas ; 8704322090 - Other motor vehicles for the tran sport of goods, 
with spark -ignition internal combustion piston engine, g.v.w exceeding 6.2 tonnes but not 
exceeding 9.3 tonnes ; 8704329010 - Other motor vehicles for the transport of goods, 
with spark -ignition internal combustion piston engine, g.v.w excee ding 9.3 tonnes, with 
engine fuelled exclusively by natural gas ; 8704329090 - Other motor vehicles for the 
transport of goods, with spark -ignition internal combustion piston engine, g.v.w 
exceeding 9.3 tonnes ; 8704901100 - Other vehicles, with both spark -ignition internal 
combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion, other 
than those capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power, 
g.v.w not exceeding 4.537 tonnes ; 8704901900 - Other vehicles, with both spark -ignition G/TBT/N/COL/243  
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  internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor as motors for 
propulsion, other than those capable of being charged by plugging to external source of 
electric power, g.v.w not exceeding 4.537 tonnes ; 8704902100 - Vehicles, with both 
compression -ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi -diesel) and 
electric motor as motors for propulsion, other than those capable of being charged by 
plugging to external source of electric power, g.v.w not exceeding  4.537 tonnes ; 
8704902900 - Other vehicles, with both compression -ignition internal combustion piston 
engine (diesel or semi -diesel) and electric motor as motors for propulsion, other than 
those capable of being charged by plugging to external source of el ectric power, g.v.w 
not exceeding 4.537 tonnes ; 8704903100 - Other vehicles, with both spark -ignition 
internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor as motors for 
propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of el ectric power, 
g.v.w not exceeding 4.537 tonnes ; 8704903900 - Other vehicles, with both spark -ignition 
internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor as motors for 
propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of el ectric power, 
g.v.w not exceeding 4.537 tonnes ; 8704904100 - Vehicles with both compression -ignition 
internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi -diesel) and electric motor as motors for 
propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external sou rce of electric power, 
g.v.w not exceeding 4.537 tonnes ; 8704904900 - Other vehicles, with both compression -
ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi -diesel) and electric motor as 
motors for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging  to external source of electric 
power ; 8705100000 - Special purpose motor vehicles, crane lorries ; 8705200000 - 
Special purpose motor vehicles, mobile drilling derricks ; 8705300000 - Special purpose 
motor vehicles, fire fighting vehicles ; 8705400000 - Special purpose motor vehicles, 
concrete -mixer lorries ; 8705901100 - Special purpose motor vehicles, road sweeper 
lorries for cleaning public highways ; 8705901900 - Other special purpose motor vehicles, 
road sweeper lorries, water spraying trucks and similar vehicles for cleaning public 
highways ; 8705902000 - Special purpose motor vehicles, mobile radiological units ; 
8705909000 - Other special purpose motor vehicles ; 8706001000 - Chassis fitted with 
engines, for the motor vehicles of heading 87.03 ; 8706002130 - Chassis fitted with 
engines for the motor vehicles of heading 8704.31.10.10, g.v.w not exceeding 4.537 
tonnes ; 8706002190 - Other chassis fitted with engines f or the motor vehicles of headings 
87.04.21 and 87.04.31, g.v.w not exceeding 4.537 tonnes ; 8706002930 - Chassis fitted 
with engines for the motor vehicles of heading 8704.31.90.10, g.v.w exceeding 4.537 
tonnes but not exceeding 5 tonnes ; 8706002990 - Other  chassis fitted with engines for 
the motor vehicles of headings 87.04.21 and 87.04.31, g.v.w exceeding 4.537 tonnes but 
not exceeding 5 tonnes ; 8706009110 - Other, chassis fitted with engines for the vehicles 
of headings 8702.20.90.00, 8702.30.90.00, 8702. 40.90.90 or 8702.90.90.10 ; 
8706009120 - Other, chassis fitted with engines for the vehicles of headings 
8704.32.10.10, 8704.90.19.00, 8704.90.29.00, 8704.90.39.00, 8704.90.49.00 or 
8704.90.59.00 ; 8706009190 - Other, chassis fitted with engines for vehicles  of a g.v.w 
exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 6.2 tonnes ; 8706009230 - Other, chassis fitted 
with engines for the vehicles of headings 8704.32.20.10 and 8704.32.90.10 of a g.v.w 
exceeding 6.2 tonnes ; 8706009290 - Other, chassis fitted with engines for v ehicles of a 
g.v.w exceeding 6.2 tonnes ; 8706009920 - Other, chassis fitted with engines for the 
vehicles of headings 8702.20.90.00, 8702.30.90.00, 8702.40.90.90 or 
8702.90.90.108702.90.90.10 ; 8706009930 - Other, chassis fitted with engines for the 
vehicle s of headings 8704.90.19.00, 8704.90.29.00, 8704.90.39.00, 8704.90.49.00 or 
8704.90.59.00 ; 8706009990 - Chassis fitted with engines, for the vehicles of headings 
87.01 to 87.05 ; 8711100000 - Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles, with 
reciprocating int ernal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 
cc; 8711200000 - Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles, with reciprocating internal 
combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 50 cc but not exceeding 250 
cc; 8711300 000 - Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles, with reciprocating internal 
combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 250 cc but not exceeding 500 
cc; 8711400000 - Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles, with reciprocating internal 
comb ustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 500 cc but not exceeding 800 
cc; 8711500000 - Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles, with reciprocating internal 
combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 800 cc ; 8711900000 - Other 
motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without 
side-cars, side -cars; 8413400000 - Concrete pumps ; 8414401000 - Air compressors 
mounted on a wheeled chassis for towing, of an output not exceeding 30 kW (40hp) ; G/TBT/N/COL/243  
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  8414409000 - Other air compressors mounted on a wheeled chassis for towing ; 
8426121000 - Mobile lifting frames on tyres ; 8426190000 - Other mobile lifting fr ames 
on tyres and straddle carriers ; 8426411000 - Works trucks fitted with a crane ; 
8426419000 - Other ships' derricks ; cranes, including cable cranes ; mobile lifting frames, 
straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane, on tyres ; 8426490000 - Other 
machinery, self -propelled ; 8426910000 - Other machinery designed for mounting on road 
vehicles ; 8427200000 - Other self -propelled trucks ; 8427900000 - Other fork -lift trucks 
and other works trucks fitted with lifting or handling equipment ; 8428909090 - Other 
lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, lifts, escalators, 
conveyors, teleferics) ; 8429110000 - Self-propelled track laying bulldozers and 
angledozers ; 8429190000 - Other self -propelled bulldozers and angledozers ; 
8429200000 - Graders and levellers ; 8429300000 - Scrapers ; 8429400000 - Tamping 
machines and road rollers ; 8429510000 - Front -end shovel loaders ; 8429520000 - 
Machinery with a 360° revolving superstructure ; 8429590000 - Other mechanical shovels, 
excavators, and shove l loaders ; 8430200000 - Snow -ploughs and snowblowers ; 
8430310000 - Self-propelled coal or rock cutters and tunnelling machinery ; 8430390000 
- Other coal or rock cutters and tunnelling machinery ; 8430410000 - Other self -propelled 
boring or sinking machinery ; 8430490000 - Other self -propelled boring or sinking 
machinery ; 8430500000 - Other machinery, self -propelled ; 8430611000 - Tamping 
rollers ; 8430619000 - Other tamping rollers ; 8430691000 - Scrapers ; 8430699000 - 
Other scrapers ; 8474101000 - Machi nes for stripping and screening foundry moulds ; 
8474102000 - Vibrating screens ; 8474109000 - Other ; 8474201000 - Vertical rotary 
crushers, to crush stones or other solid mineral material ; 8474202000 - Crushing or 
grinding machines ; 8474209090 - Other : Other crushing or grinding machines ; 
8474311000 - Concrete or mortar mixers, with a maximum capacity of 3 m³ ; 8474319000 
- Other concrete or mortar mixers ; 8474320000 - Machines for mixing mineral substances 
with bitumen ; 8479100000 - Machinery for public work s, building or the like ; 8701100000 
- Single axle tractors ; 8701300000 - Track -laying tractors ; 8701920000 - Other tractors 
(other than tractors of heading 87.09), of an engine power, exceeding 18 kW but not 
exceeding 37 kW ; 8705200000 - Mobile drilling derricks ; 8705400000 - Concrete -mixer 
lorries ; 8705901100 - Sweeper lorries ; 8709190000 - Other Vehicles ; 8905100000 - 
Dredgers.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
resolución del Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible "Por la cual se reglamentan 
los límites máximos permisibles de emisión de contaminantes que de berán cumplir las 
fuentes móviles terrestres, se reglamenta el artículo 2.2.5.1.8.2 del Decreto 1076 de 
2015 y se adoptan otras disposiciones"  (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of the 
Environment and Sustainable Development regulating the maximum permissib le limits 
for pollutant emissions from land -based mobile sources, regulating Article 2.2.5.1.8.2 of 
Decree No. 1076 of 2015 and adopting other provisions) (58 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Resolution establishes the maxi mum 
permissible limits for pollutant emissions from land -based mobile sources, regulates the 
requirements and certification to which imported, assembled and domestically 
manufactured land -based mobile sources are subject, and adopts other provisions, in 
order to protect the environment, health and the right to a healthy environment, as well 
as to protect human life from the risks associated with pollutants from land -based mobile 
sources.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems w here 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety ; Protection of the environment.  
8. Relevant documents : - 
9. Proposed date of adoption : Date on which the Resolution is signed  
Proposed date of entry into force : Date of publication in the Official Journal  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/COL/243  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Directora de Regulación  (Director of Regulation)  
Punto de Contacto OTC de Colombia  (Colombian TBT Enquiry Point)  
puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
Dirección de Regulación  (Regulation Department)  
Calle 28 # 13 A 15 Piso 3  
(+571) 6067676, Ext. 1340  
Bogotá, Colombia  
www.mincit.gov.co  
 
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