G/TBT/N/COL/192  
12 April 2013  
(13-1905)  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: Superintendecia de Industria y Comercio , SIC 
(Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail 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 Trade, Industry and Tourism)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2. 10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided  in addition, where applicable): 
Industrial products  
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 modifica el Capítulo primero y segundo del Título IV de la Circular Única de la Superintendencia de 
Industria y Comercio " (Draft Resolution of the Supervisory Authority for Industry 
and Trade Amending the First and Second Chap t e r s  o f  T i t l e  I V  o f  t h e  S i n g l e  C i r c u l a r  
of the Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade (6 pages, in Spanish)) 
6. Description of content: Control and verification of technical regulations; 
Registration of producers and importers of products (goods and services) subject 
to compliance with technical regulations monitored by the SIC; Registration form 
and annexes; Registration mechanism; Penalty system; Conformity certificates; Agencies that can issue conformity certificates; National Accreditation Agency-approved 
certification agencies; Foreign certification agencies; Concepts of equivalence; 
Authorization of imports for personal use; Product certification systems; Agreements between accredited certification agencies; Testing in laboratories; Obligation of accredited certification agencies to manage information on conformity 
certificates; and Obligation to be fully certified.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Transparency and the prevention of deceptive practices.  
8. Relevant documents: Articles 2, 17 and 61 of Law No. 1480 of 12 October 2011; 
Articles 7, 8 and 11 of Decree No. 2269 of 16 November 1993; Single Circular of the Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade and Colombian Technical Standard 
NTC-ISO/IEC 17025:05.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date of publication in the Official Journal. 
Date of publication in the Official Journal. G/TBT/N/COL/192 
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  10. Final date for comments: 8 July 2013 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Enquiry Point: 
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Tel.: (+57) 1 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: (+57) 1 606-4777 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  
 puntocontacto@mincomercio.gov.co 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C. Colombia Tel.: (+57) 1 606-4775 
Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio 
Delegatura para el Control y Verificación de Reglamentos Técnicos y Metrología Legal Grupo de Regulación 
Carrera 13 No. 27 - 00 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+57) 1 587-0000, Ext. 10341 Fax: (+57) 1 587-0284 
E-mail: cgarcia@sic.gov.co 
Website: http://www.sic.gov.co  
Text also available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/tbt/COL/13_1467_00_s.pdf