G/TBT/N/COL/226  
25 August 2017  
(17-4536) 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 : Superintendencia de Industria y Co mercio  (Supervisory Authority 
for Industry and Trade)  
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 di fferent 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 nationa l tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 
Breathalysers (90.27.80.90.00 and 90.27.10.90.00)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Resolución de la Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio "Por la cual se adiciona el 
Capítulo Noveno en el Título VI de la Circular Única y se reglamenta el control metrológico 
aplicable a alcoholímetros, etilómetros o alcohosensores evidenciales " (Draft Resolution of 
the Supervisory Authority for Ind ustry and Trade "Adding an ninth chapter to Title VI of 
the Single Circular, and regulating the metrological control of evidential breathalysers") 
(55 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes the technical and metrologi cal 
requirements to be met by evidential breathalysers used in expert assessments and 
judicial or administrative activities  that determine the concentration of alcohol in the blood 
by measuring the amount of alcohol in exhaled air.  
The text covers the foll owing : Purpose ; Scope; Definitions ; Technical and metrological 
requirements ; Breathalyser labelling ; Instructions for use ; Electronic seals ; Tests and 
trials; Documents demonstrating conformity ; Prohibition on the marketing and use of 
breathalysers ; Inspec tion, monitoring and control authority ; Metrological control phase for 
breathalysers already in use ; Successful metrological verification ; Failed metrological 
verification ; Security seals ; Obligations of owners of breathalysers already in use ; 
Transitional  provisions concerning the metrological control of breathalysers already in use ; 
Penalties ; Transitional regime ; and Period of validity.  
Annex No. 1 contains a model declaration of conformity for evidential breathalysers.  G/TBT/N/COL/226  
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  7. Objective and rationale, inclu ding the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : To ensure the quality of the measurements taken and to prevent misleading 
practices.  
8. Relevant documents : Law No. 1696 of 1 9 December 2 013, Law No. 1480 of 1 2 October 
2011; Decree No. 1074 of 2 6 May 2015 and Decree No. 1595 of 5 August 2 015; Resolution 
No. 64190 of 1 6 September 2 015 of the Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade and 
Resolution No. 1844 of 1 8 December 2 015 of the Colombian Institute of Forensic Science 
and Forensic Medicine ; IEC 60068-2-1, IEC 60068 -2-2, IEC 60068 -2-30, IEC 60068 -2-31, 
IEC 60068 -2-64, IEC 60068 -2-78, IEC 60068 -3-1, IEC 60068 -3-4, IEC 60068 -3-8, IEC 
60654 -2, IEC/TR 61000 -2-1, IEC 61000 -2+-2, IEC 61000 -4-1, IEC 61000 -4-2, IEC 61000 -
4-3, IEC 61000 -4-4, IEC 61000 -4-5, IEC 61000 -4-6, IEC 61000 -4-11, IEC 61000 -6-1 and 
IEC 61000 -6-2; ISO 7637 -2, ISO/IEC 15417:2007, ISO 16750 -2, ISO/IEC 17020:2012, 
ISO/IEC 17025:2005, ISO/IEC 17050:2004, ISO/IEC 17067:2013 and ISO/IEC 
18004:2015 ; OIML R -126 " Evidential Breath Analyzers" ; ITC/3707/2006 ; and Directive 
2014/32/EU.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Date of publication in the Official Journal.  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months from the date of publication in the 
Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments : 23 Novembe r 2017 
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) 6067676, Ext. 1690  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co/publicacion es.php?id=33051  
Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio  
Grupo de Trabajo de Regulación  
Carrera 13 N° 27 - 00 
Bogotá, D.C . Colombia  
Tel.: (+57-1) 5870000  
Email: jmunoz@sic.gov.co  
Website: http://www.sic.gov.co/  
Also available at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/COL/17_3754_00_s.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/COL/17_3754_01_s.pdf