. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/75 
12 January 2006 
 (06-0139) 
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 Gas del  Ministerio de Minas y Energía  (Gas 
Directorate, Ministry of Mines and Energy) 
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):   Natural gas 
(27.11.21.00) 
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  aplicable a las Estaciones de Servicio que suministran Gas Natural Comprimido 
para Uso Vehicular ." (Ministry of Mines and Energy Dr aft Resolution issuing the Technical 
Regulation applicable to service stations s upplying compressed natural gas for use in 
vehicles.  (27 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Purpose; Scope of applicati on; Definitions and abbreviations; 
Technical requirements for service stations supplying compressed natural gas for use in 
vehicles;  Conformity assessment procedure;   Proof of conformity;  Monitoring and 
inspection body;  Penalty system; Period of  validity, derogations and transition. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:     
 To  prevent potential risks to health, life,  safety and the environment at service 
stations supplying natural compressed gas for use in vehicles. 
8. 
  
 
 Relevant documents:   Ministry of Mines and Energy Decree No. 1605 of July 2002;  
Ministry of Mines and Energy Resolution No. 8 0582 of 8 April 1996;  Colombian Technical Standards NTC 4820 (first revi sion) and NTC 4829, 24 March 2004;  Sistema 
Unificado de Información Conjunta (SUIC) par a gas natural comprimido de uso vehicular  
(Unified Joint Information System (SUIC) for natural compressed gas for use in vehicles);  
National Fire Protection Association NFPA 52,  Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Vehicular 
Fuel Systems Code. 2002 Edition, USA;  ANSI/CSA/NGV2-2000, Basic Requirements for  G/TBT/N/COL/75 
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  8. Relevant documents:   (cont'd) 
Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) Fu el Containers;  ANSI/CSA/NGV1-1994, CGA 
NGV1-M94, Compressed Natural Gas Vehicl e (NGV) Fueling Connection Devices;  Guía 
para la aplicación de la norma europea EN 13638. Estaciones de Carga de Gas Natural 
para Vehículos.  Estudio de Riesgos – Distri bución de gas natural vehicular a través de 
estaciones de servicio (Guide to the application of Eu ropean Standard EN 13638.  NGV 
Filling Stations.  Risk Assessment – Distri bution of vehicular natural gas through service 
stations),  Grupo Consultor Universidad de los And es, José Ignacio Huertas, Mónica Rocío 
Moreno and Víctor Andrés Acosta. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon publication in the Diario Oficial (Official 
Journal) 
Six months after the date of publication in the 
Diario Oficial (Official Journal) 
10. Final date for comments:   10 April 2006 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] 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: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co
 
Tel.: (+571) 6067676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (+571) 2410480 Tel.: (+571) 2410478 Website: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co/VBeConten t/NewsDetail.asp?ID=2197&IDCompany=15 
 
or address, telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, 
if available, of other body:    
 
Ministerio de Minas y Energía 
Centro Administrativo Nacional - CAN piso 5
o 
Bogotá, D. C., Colombia 
Fax:  (+571) 3245207 
Tel.:  (+571) 3245202 E-mail:    Nestor.Capote@minminas.gov.co Website: www.minminas.gov.co