. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/98 
4 September 2007 
 (07-3734) 
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 Comercio, Industria y Turismo  (Ministry 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 [ 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):   Glass and glass-ceramic 
utensils, ceramic utensils and ceramic, por celain and china tableware and kitchenware 
(6911.00.00.00) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección Social y el Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo "Por la cual se expide el reglamento técnico para utensilios de vidrio y vitrocerámica en contacto con alimentos, uten silios de cerámica empleados en la cocción 
en contacto con los alimentos, y vajillerí as de cerámica y porcelana de uso doméstico e 
institucional, que se fabriquen o importen para su comercialización en Colombia"   (Draft 
Resolution of the Ministry of Social Welfare and the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism "Issuing the Technical Regulation on glass and glass-ceramic utensils in contact with foodstuffs, ceramic cooking utensils in  contact with foodstuffs and ceramic, porcelain 
and china household and institutional tablewar e and kitchenware, manufactured or imported 
for marketing in Colombia") (13 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Resolution establishes the technical requirements for 
glass and glass-ceramic utensils in contact w ith foodstuffs, ceramic cooking utensils in 
contact with foodstuffs and ceramic, porcel ain and china household and institutional 
tableware and kitchenware, manufactured or impor ted for marketing in Colombia.  It covers 
the following:  Purpose, Scope of applica tion;  Tariff subheadings in the Colombian 
Customs Tariff;  Exceptions;  Definitions , Acronyms and units;  Requirements for 
controlled products;  Maximum permissible limits;  Conformity assessment procedure; 
Conformity certificates;  Monitoring and inspection bodies; Penalty system;  Register of manufacturers and importers;  Supplier's declara tion of conformity, and Period of validity. G/TBT/N/COL/98 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To prevent or minimize risks to users' health from the release of lead and cadmium and 
 prevent practices likely to mislead consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Colombian Technical Standards NTC 3536 of 19 May 1993, NTC 
3537 of 21 May 1993, NTC 916 (Third revision) of 27 October 1999 and NTC 4634 of 28 July 1999 and Resolution No. 408 of 7 March 2005, as notified in document 
G/TBT/N/COL/15/Add.1 of 20 April 2005. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: Date on which the Decree is signed 
Six (6) months after the date of publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   30 November 2007 
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 Web-site: http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/sirt