. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/134 
3 September 2009 
 (09-4160) 
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 Ministerio 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 website 
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):   New or used seamless 
cylinders for industrial or medical gas, whether empty or containing product (73.11, 7311.00.10, 7311.00.10.90, 7311.00.90.00 and 7613.00.00.00). 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de Comercio, Industr ia y Turismo "Por la cual se expide el 
Reglamento Técnico aplicable a cilindros  sin costuras para gases industriales y 
medicinales, tanto de fabricación nacional co mo importados, para su comercialización en 
Colombia"  (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism "issuing 
technical regulations on seamless cylinders for industrial or medical gas, whether domestically manufactured or imported for marke ting in Colombia") (13 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   Issue;  Purpose;  Scope;  Exceptions;  Definitions and acronyms;  
Requirements for industrial or medical gas cy linders;  Conformity assessment procedure;  
Declaration of conformity;  Monitoring and inspection bodies;  Penalty system; 
Manufacturer and importer responsibility;  In formation in respect of certification and 
inspection bodies and accredited laboratories;  Provision for similar requirements by other 
governmental bodies;  Registration of manufactur ers and importers;  Annexes;  and Period 
of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To protect the life and integrity of human be ings and prevent practices likely to mislead 
consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Colombian Technical Standard (NTC) No. 4584 and Colombian 
Technical Standards and Certification Ins titute (ICONTEC) Study Document DE 107 of 
2009. G/TBT/N/COL/134 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Six months after publication in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   30 November 2009 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:  
Enquiry Point : 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  
Tel.: +(571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(571) 241-0480  Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 241-0478  Text also available on the Notification and Technical Regulation Information System 
(SIRT) website:  http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/S IRT/register/readnot.aspx?numreg
 
=410