. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/104 
24 October 2007 
 (07-4583) 
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:   Ministerio de Transporte  (Ministry of Transport) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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:   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):   Explosives, gases, 
flammable liquids, flammable solids, comburent substances and organic peroxides, toxic 
and infectious substances, radioactive materi als, corrosive substances and various other 
dangerous substances or items. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Decreto 
"Por el cual se reglamenta el transporte terrestre automotor de mercancías peligrosas en 
vehículos de carga " (Draft Decree Regulating Motor Ve hicle Land Transport of Hazardous 
Goods by Freight Vehicle) (19 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Purpose;  scope;  exceptions; limited quantities;  definitions;  
classes and divisions according to risks of dangerous goods involved;  hazardous waste;  
listing of dangerous goods;  marking and labe lling;  placarding and marking of transport 
units;  United Nations dangerous goods number;  packaging/contai ner test trials;  provisions 
relating to transport operations;  registration card for the transport of dangerous goods;  
obligations of parties involved in the danger ous goods transport chain;  dangerous goods 
transport control;  penalties regime;  final provisi ons;  driver's certificate for the transport of 
dangerous goods;  transitional period;  insurance;  period of validity and derogations. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
 
 To ensure safety, and to protect life and the environment. 
8. Relevant documents:   United Nations Model Regulations  on the Transport of Dangerous 
Goods, Law No. 253 of 1996, Decrees Nos. 321 of 1999, 3366 of 2003, 4299 of 2005, 4741 of 2005 and 1609 of 31 July 2002, the draft of which was notified in document G/TBT/Notif.00/108 of 3 March 2000. G/TBT/N/COL/104 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Decree is signed. 
Six months after publication in the Official 
Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   21 January 2008 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web site addresses, if available of the 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 
Web site: http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/sirt