. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/128 
30 April 2009 
 
 (09-2092) 
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 - Dirección de Hidrocarburos  
(Ministry of Mining and Energy - Hydrocarbons Directorate)  
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 [   ], 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):   Hydrocarbons, oil and 
gas 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Decreto 
del Ministerio de Minas y Energía “Por el cual se establecen medidas en materia de exploración y explotación de hidrocarburos en el país y se deroga el Decreto 1895 de 
1973 ” (Draft Decree of the Ministry of Mining and Energy "Establishing measures relating 
to hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation in  Colombia and repealing Decree No. 1895 of 
1973") (19 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Preliminary provisions;  Objective;  Scope;  Definitions;  
Exploration;  Drilling;  Well completion;  Well plugging and abandonment;  Extensive 
testing;  Start-up of exploration activities;  Pr oduction;  Official measurements;  Control of 
deposits;  Dismantling of structures and inst allations;  Annual and monthly reports;  
Penalties, and Other provisions. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To prevent potential risks to life, safety and the environment. 
8. Relevant documents:   Decreto  (Decree) No. 1895 of 15 September 1973, Decree No. 070 
of 17 January 2001, Decree No. 3229 of 2003, Decree No. 727 of 11 November 2007, Decree No. 2767 of 2008, Acuerdo  (Decision) No. 11 of the Agencia Nacional de 
Hidrocarburos , ANH (National Hydrocarbons Agency) and ILO Conventions Nos. 174 and 
181. G/TBT/N/COL/128 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Decree is signed 
Six months as from the date of publication in the Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   28 July 2009 
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. 
Tel.: (+571) 606-7676, ext. 1690 
Fax: (+571) 241-0480 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+571) 241-0478 Website: http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/sirt
 
 
Ministerio de Minas y Energía 
Dirección de Hidrocarburos Centro Administrativo Nacional - CAN piso 5º Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Telefax: +(571) 324-5207 
Tel.: +(571) 324-5202 
E-mail: jcvera@minminas.gov.co Website: http://www.minminas.gov.co