WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/142 
29 January 2010 
 (10-0441) 
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 la Protección Social  (Ministry of 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  (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):   Safety devices for 
swimming pools. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección Soc ial "Por la cual se expide el reglamento 
técnico aplicable a los dispositivos de seguri dad y su instalación para uso en piscinas y 
estructuras similares en Colombia"  (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Social Welfare 
"issuing technical regulations on safety devices used in swimming pools and other similar structures in Colombia, and the installa tion thereof") (98 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified text covers the following:  Purpose and scope;  
definitions;  technical requirements for th e importation, manufacture and marketing of 
safety devices used in swimming pools and similar structures;  minimum requirements for the installation of safety devices used in swimming pools and similar structures;  administrative provisions;  Technical Annex No. 1, "Standard specification for safety vacuum release systems (SVRS) used in swimming pools and similar structures";  
Technical Annex No. 2, "Safety vacuum release systems (SVRS) for suction devices in 
commercial and residential swimming pool s and similar structures";  Technical 
Annex No. 3, "Swimming pool safety.  Suction devices for use in swimming pools and similar structures";  Technical Annex No. 4, "Swimming pool safety.  Part 1:  Safety barriers for swimming pools";  Annex A, Resistance and rigidity test for barrier gates;  Annex B, Resistance tests for posts and founda tions;  Annex C, Resist ance test for rigid 
barrier components;  Technical Annex No. 5, "Swimming pool safety.  Safety requirements 
for swimming pool alarms";  Technical Annex No. 6, "Protective elements for in-ground, 
barrier-free, private or collective use swimming pools.  Safety requirements and test methods for light beam perimeter detection sy stems, immersion detection systems and light 
beam perimeter detection systems interdependent of an obstacle". G/TBT/N/COL/142 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To protect human life and health and prevent risks to consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Available Standard Specifications (END):  END 0050 of 
30 September 2009, "Especificación estándar para Sistemas  de Seguridad de Liberación de 
Vacío (SSLV) fabricados para piscina y estructuras similares"  ("Standard specification for 
safety vacuum release systems (SVRS) used in swimming pools and similar structures");  
END 0051 of 30 September 2009, "Sistemas de seguridad de liberación de vacío (SSLV) 
fabricado para sistema de succión de estanques de piscina y estructuras similares en 
instalaciones colectivas y privadas unihabitacionales"  ("Safety vacuum release systems 
(SVRS) for suction devices in commercial and residential swimming pools and similar 
structures");  END 0052 of 21 October 2009, "Seguridad en piscinas.  Dispositivos de 
succión para uso en piscinas y estructuras similares"  ("Swimming pool safety.  Suction 
devices for use in swimming pools and similar structures");  END 0053 of 21 October 2009, "Seguridad de las Máquinas.  Parada de  Emergencia.  Principios para el 
Diseño"  ("Safety of machinery.  Emergency stop.  Design principles");  END 0054 of 
21 October 2009, "Seguridad en piscinas.  Seguridad de las Máquinas.  Partes de los 
Sistemas de Mando relativas a la seguridad.  Parte 1:  Principi os Generales para el 
Diseño"  ("Swimming pool safety.  Safety of machinery.  Safety-related control system 
parts.  Part 1:  General design principles");  END 0055 of 18 November 2009, "Seguridad 
en piscinas.  Parte 1:  Barreras de Seguridad para piscinas"  ("Swimming pool safety.  
Part 1:  Safety barriers for swimming pools");  END 0056 of 18 November 2009, 
"Seguridad en piscinas.  Parte 2:  Ubicación de las barreras de Seguridad para piscinas"  
("Swimming pool safety.  Part 2:  Location of swimming pool safety barriers");  END 0057 
of 18 November 2009, "Seguridad en piscinas.  Requisito s de seguridad para alarmas de 
piscinas"  ("Swimming pool safety.  Safety requirements for pool alarms");  and END 0058 
of 18 November 2009, "Elementos de Protección para piscinas enterradas, abiertas y 
privadas para uso individual o colectivo.  Requisitos de Seguridad y Métodos de Ensayo 
para los Sistemas de Detección Perimétrica por  Haces ópticos, Sistemas de Detección de 
Inmersión y Sistemas de Detección Perimétric a por Haces ópticos interdependientes de un 
obstáculo"  ("Protective elements for in-ground,  barrier-free private or collective use 
swimming pools.  Safety requirements and test methods for light beam perimeter detection 
systems, immersion detection systems and light beam perimete r detection systems 
interdependent of an obstacle").  Standards:  ISO 9355-1, ISO 9355-2, ISO 9355-3, ISO 12100-1:2003, ISO 12100-2:2003, ISO 13849, ISO 13849-2:2003, ISO 12100-1:2003, IEC 60204-1:2000, IEC 60204-1:2005, IEC 60447, IEC 60947-5-1:2003, Annex K, IEC 60947-5-5, IEC 61310, IEC 61496, IEC 61508, IEC 61508-1, IEC 62061, EN 614-1, 
EN 1005-3, NF EN 60825-1, NF EN ISO 11202, NF C 48-265, NF P 90-306, 
NF P 90-307-1:2009, NF P 90-306, NSF-50, UL 1081 and ASME A112.19.8. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Six months from date of publication in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   22 April 2010  G/TBT/N/COL/142 
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  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 
 Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.: (+57-1) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: (+57-1) 606 4777  Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+57-1) 606 4775  
The text is available online at:  https://servicios.vuce.gov.co/puntoc/vern.php