. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/86 
13 February 2007 
 (07-0625) 
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 web site 
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):   Made-up articles, knitted 
or crocheted, Made-up articles, woven, House hold linen and Articles of apparel of leather, 
classified in the Colombian Customs Tari ff under Section XI tariff subheadings 
(corresponding to Chapters 61, 62 and 63) and under tariff heading 4203 
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 sobre etiquetado de conf ecciones, tanto de fabricación nacional como 
importadas, para su comercialización en Colombia"  (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of 
Commerce, Industry and Tourism issuing th e Technical Regulation on the labelling of 
domestically manufactured or imported made -up articles for marketing in Colombia) 
(8 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution establishes the labelling requirements 
for made-up articles and covers the following:  Pu rpose;  Scope of application;  Definitions; 
Labelling requirements for made-up articles;   Conformity assessment procedure; 
Information in respect of certification and in spection bodies and laboratories;  Monitoring 
and inspection bodies;  Penalty system;  a nd Period of validity and entry into force. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Prevention of practices likely to mislead consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Colombian Technical Standard NTC 1806, second revision. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Upon publication in the Official Journal. G/TBT/N/COL/86 
Page 2  
 
  10. Final date for comments:   9 May 2007 
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. 
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 Web site: http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/sirt