. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/105 
25 October 2007 
 (07-4619) 
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 and 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):   Compressed Natural Gas 
(CNG) cylinders, and CNG conversion kits and spare parts therefor (HS tariff subheadings 
7311.00.10.00, 8409.91.91.00, 8409.91.99.00 and 8409.91.60.00) 
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 talleres, equipos  y procesos de conversión a gas natural 
comprimido para uso vehicular, y se dictan otras disposiciones" (Draft Resolution of the 
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism "Issuing the Technical Regulation governing 
workshops, equipment and procedures for c onversion to compressed natural gas for 
vehicles, and adopting other provisions")  (25 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Draft Resolution establishes the technical 
requirements to be met by CNG vehicle conve rsion workshops and equipment;  Purpose; 
Scope;  Definitions, acronyms and symbols;  Requirements for CNG conversion workshops; 
Requirements for CNG conversion equipment;  Requirements for vehicle conversion; 
Certification of conformity;  Standards referenc ed or consulted;  Monitoring and inspection 
body;  Penalty system;  Provision for similar requirements by other bodies;  Review and updating;  Period of validity;  Derogations ;  and Annex:  Pre-conversion and post-
conversion inspection and testing requirements fo r vehicles converted to compressed natural 
gas. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 To prevent potential risks to human life, health and safety and the environment and 
practices likely to mislead users. G/TBT/N/COL/105 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Colombian Technical Standards NTC 1461, First revision:  1987-
04-01;  NTC 4821, Second revision:  2005-12-22;  NTC 5212-1:2003-11-26;  NTC 5212-2: 2003-11-26;  NTC 4830-1:2000-11-22;  NTC 4830-2, First revision:  2002-11-27;  NTC 4830-3, First revision:  2002-11-27;  NTC 4830-4, First revision:  2002-11-27;  NTC 
4830-5, First revision:  2002-11-27;  NTC 4830-6, First revision:  2002-11-27;  NTC 
4830-7, First revision:  2003-10-22;  NTC 4830-8, First revision:  2002-11-27;  NTC 4830-
9, First revision:  2002-11-27;  NTC 4830-10, First revision:  2002-11-27;  NTC 4830-11:2001-06-27;  NTC 4830-12:2001-06-27;  NTC 4830-13:2001-09-26;  NTC 4830-14, First revision:  2003-10-22;  NTC 4830-15:2001-06-27;  NTC 4830-16:2001-08-01;  NTC 4830-17, First revision:  2002-11-27;  NTC 4830-18, First revision:  2002-11-27;  NTC 
4830-19, First revision:  2002-11-27;  NTC 3847, First revision:  2002-10-30;  NTC 
4828:2001-10-31;  NTC 4822, First revision:  2004-09-29;  NTC 4824:2000-11-22;  NTC 4829, First revision:  2004-03-24;  NTC 4983:2001. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Six months after publication in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments:   22 January 2008 
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