. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/COL/171 
10 April 2012 
 (12-1860) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   COLOMBIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Minas y Energía, Ministerio del Trabajo y Ministerio 
de Salud y Protección Social  (Ministry of Mines and Energy, Ministry of Labour and 
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare) 
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 - Dirección de Regulación  (Ministry of Commerce, Industry 
and Tourism - Regulation Department) 
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):   Mineral products 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de Minas y Energía "P or la cual se actualiza el Reglamento de 
Seguridad en las Labores Subterráneas"  (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Mines and 
Energy "Updating the safety regulations for underground mining work") (70 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  
General provisions;  Definitions;  Liability;  Training;  Personal protective equipment;  
Occupational health committee;  Competent au thorities;  Records and plans;  Preventive 
and occupational medicine;  Investigation of industrial accidents and incidents;  Provisions 
common to all underground work;  Special provi sions for mines with firedamp hazards;  
Dust control, combustible dust, particulat e matter;  Structural support;  Transport;  
Locomotives;  Conveyor belts;  Armoured conveyor;  Silos and hoppers;  Explosives:  storage, use;  Special provisions for work involving dust and firedamp hazards;  Electrical 
installations:  construction, operation and maintenance;  Underground power plants;  
Machinery and tools;  Winches;  Cables;  Fire protection and extinction;  Hygiene and 
working conditions:  lighting, noise, temperatur e, signage;  Drainage:  surface water and 
groundwater;  Final provisions;  Penalties;  and Period of validity and derogations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human life and health. G/TBT/N/COL/171 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Ley (Law) No. 685 of 2001;  Law No. 776 of 2002;  Law No. 1119 
of 2006;  Law No. 1382 of 2010;  Decreto  (Decree) No. 2535 of 1993;  Decreto Ley  
(Decree-Law) No. 1295 of 1994;  Decree No . 334 of 2002;  Decree No. 334 of 
28 February 2002 of the Ministry of Defe nce;  Decree No. 2191 of 4 August 2003;  
Decree No. 3290 of 2003;  Resolución  (Resolution) No. 2400 of 1979;  
Resolution No. 2013 of 1986;  Resolution No. 1016 of 1989;  Resolution No. 1792 of 1990;  Resolution No. 1075 of 1992 of the Ministry of Labour;  Resolution No. 1401 of 2007;  
Resolutions No. 2646 and No. 3673 of 2008 of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare;  
and Resolution No. 18 1294 of 6 August 2008 of the Ministry of Mines and Energy (notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/20/Add.8). 
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:   2 July 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body: 
Enquiry Point: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  
 Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.: (+57) 1 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (+57) 1 606-4777 
 
Ministerio de Minas y Energía Dirección de Minas CAN - Calle 43 N° 57 - 31 Bogotá, D.C.  Colombia 
Tel.: (+57) 1 220-0300 
E-mail: maacevedo@minminas.gov.co  
Website: http://www.minminas.gov.co  
 
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