. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/100 
19 September 2007 
 (07-3924) 
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 – Dirección de 
Regulación  (Ministry of Commerce, Industry a nd Tourism – Regulation Department) 
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):   Bullet-proof glass, 
39.26.90.90.90, 70.07.11.00.00, 70.07.21.00.00 and 87.08.29.50.00. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de Comercio, Industr ia y Turismo "Por la cual se expide el 
Reglamento Técnico para acristalamientos resi stentes a las balas para uso en vehículos 
automotores y sus remolques, tanto de fabr icación nacional como importados, para su 
comercialización en Colombia."   (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry 
and Tourism "Issuing the technical regulation on  bullet-proof glass for use in motor vehicles 
and their trailers, whether domestically manufactured or imported for marketing in Colombia") (13 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Purpose;  scope;  definitions and acronyms;  general requirements 
and testing specifications;  technical requireme nts;  relevant paragraph numbers and tests 
applicable;  conformity assessment procedure;  conformity certification;  references to Colombian Technical Standards (NTC);  monito ring and inspection bodies;  penalty system;  
registration of manufacturers and importers;  re view and updating;  annexes;  notification 
and period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 To minimize or prevent risks to human life and health and to prevent practices 
likely to mislead consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Colombian Technical Standards NTC 1467 (third revision) of 
28 November 2001 and NTC 5501 of 2007. G/TBT/N/COL/100 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
Six (6) months after the date of publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   18 December 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 N
o 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+571) 241 0478 Web site: http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/sirt