. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/158 
7 February 2011 
 (11-0603) 
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 Minas y Energía  (Ministry of Mines and Energy) 
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 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):   Liquefied petroleum gas 
(LPG) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de Minas y Energía, "Por la cual se expide el Reglamento 
Técnico para Almacenamiento utilizado en la  prestación del servicio público domiciliario 
de Gas Licuado de Petróleo - GLP - en el A rchipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa 
Catalina" (Draft Ministry of Mines and Energy Resolution "Issuing the Technical 
Regulation applicable to storage facilities used for the public residential supply of liquefied 
petroleum gas (LPG) in the San Andrés, Pr ovidencia and Santa Catalina Archipelago") 
(10 pages, in  Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  
Scope;  Definitions and abbreviations;  Technical  requirements for backup storage facilities;  
General requirements;  Design and assembly;  Location;  Tanks, equipment and accessories;  Electrical equipment and installations;  Security and fire safety system;  Conformity assessment procedure;  Demonstration of co mpliance;  Monitoring and inspection body;  
Penalty system;  and Period of validity and derogations. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To prevent potential risks to human safety,  life and health and the environment. G/TBT/N/COL/158 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
Reglamento Técnico de Instalaciones Eléctricas , RETIE (Technical Regulation on electrical 
equipment and installations), notifie d in document G/TBT/N/COL/20/Add.1; 
Resolution No. 18 0196 of 21 February 2006, notified in document 
G/TBT/N/COL/71/Add.1; 
Colombian Technical Standards (NTCs): 
NTC 3853-1 (ratified on 27 November 1996):  Instalaciones de sistemas de GLP  (LPG 
system facilities); 
NTC 2050 (First Revision):  Código Eléctrico Colombiano  (Colombian Electrical Code). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed 
Date of publication in the Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   27 April 2011 
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
 and puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co  
Tel.: +(57-1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(57-1) 606-4777 
 Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(57-1) 606-4775  Ministerio de Minas y Energía Dirección de Gas 
Centro Administrativo Nacional (CAN), piso 5º 
Calle 43 N° 57 – 31 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia E-mail: hdcerquera@minminas.gov.co
 and wmramirez@minminas.gov.co  
Fax:   +(57-1) 324-5207 Tel.:   +(57-1) 220-0300, Ext. 2581 
Website: http://www.minminas.gov.co/
 
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