. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/115 
12 August 2008 
 (08-3816) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Dirección de Regulación del Minist erio de Comercio, Industria y 
Turismo (Regulation Department of the Minist ry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and web site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Ministry of 
Commerce, Industry and Tourism 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):   Zinc-carbon and alkaline 
cells and batteries:  HS tariff subheadi ngs 8506.10, 8506.10.11.00, 8506.10.19.00, 
8506.10.91, 8506.10.91.10, 8506.10.91.90, 8506.10.99.00 and 8506.80 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de Comercio, Industr ia y Turismo y del Ministerio de Ambiente, 
Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial "Por la c ual se expide el Reglamento Técnico sobre 
rotulado de Pilas Zinc-carbón y Alcalinas, y se derogan las Resoluciones 1273 de 2005, 
3093 de 2005, 1341 de 2006, 0782 de 2007 y 3126 de 2007 " (Draft Resolution of the 
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism and the Ministry of the Environment, Housing and Territorial Development "Issuing the Technical Regulation on the labelling of 
zinc-carbon and alkaline cells and batteries, and repealing Resolutions Nos. 1273 of 2005, 
3093 of 2005, 1341 of 2006, 0782 of 2007 a nd 3126 of 2007") (10 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution covers the following:  Issue; 
Purpose;  Scope;  Exceptions;  Definitions a nd acronyms;  Requirements for the controlled 
products;  Specific technical requirements;  Reference to Colombian Technical Standards 
(NTCs);  Conformity assessment procedure;  Su pplier’s Declaration of Conformity (SDoC); 
Monitoring and inspection bodies;  Penalty system;  Information in respect of certification and inspection bodies and accredited laboratories;  Provision for similar requirements by other governmental bodies;  Registration of manufacturers and importers;  Annexes; Review and updating;  Entry in to effect;  and Derogations. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
 
 Prevention of practices liable to mislead consumers and environmental protection. G/TBT/N/COL/115 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Colombian Technical Standard (NTC) No. 1152 (7th revision) and 
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standards Nos. 60086-1 and 60086-2. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Six (6) months after the date of publication in 
the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments:   4 November 2008 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and web site addresses, if available, of other body:  
Enquiry Point : 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Tel.: (+571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (+571) 241-0480 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co
 
 Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 No. 13A-15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+571) 241-0478 Web site: http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/sirt