. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/103 
3 October 2007 
 (07-4207) 
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 Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial   (Ministry 
of the Environment, Housing and Territorial Development) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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 [    ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   Transparency 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Refrigeration equipment, 
air-conditioning equipment, halon-based fire-fi ghting equipment and systems, polyurethane 
foam and polystyrene foam and products th ereof, and aerosols other than metered-dose 
inhalers 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Resolución Nº 1652 
del 10 de septiembre de 2007 del Ministerio de  Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial 
y  el Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turi smo "Por la cual se pr ohíbe la fabricación e 
importación de equipos y productos que c ontengan o requieran para su producción u 
operación las sustancias agotadoras de la c apa de ozono listadas en los Anexos A y B del 
Protocolo de Montreal, y se adoptan otras determinaciones"  (Resolution No. 1652 of 
10 September 2007 of the Ministry of the Environment, Housing and Territorial 
Development and the Ministry of Commer ce, Industry and Tourism "prohibiting the 
manufacture and importation into Colombia of  equipment and products containing or 
requiring for their production or operation th e ozone layer-depleting substances listed in 
Annexes A and B to the Montreal Protocol, and adopting other determina tions") (9 pages, in 
Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Definitions;  Purpose;  Substances that deplete the ozone layer; 
Scope;  Control mechanism;  Approval;  Veri fication;  Penalties and Period of Validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Environmental protection 
8. Relevant documents:   Decisions VII/32, IX/9 and X/9 of the Montreal Protocol G/TBT/N/COL/103 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  10 September 2007  
Three (3) months as of 13 September 2007, the date of publication in Official Journal No. 46.750. 
10. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and web site 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