. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/102 
3 October 2007 
 (07-4206) 
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):   Footwear and articles of 
leather:  tariff subheadings 6401 to 6405 and 4202.11, 4202.12, 4202.21, 4202.22, 4202.29, 
4202.31, 4202.32, 4202.39, 4202.91, 4202.92 and 4202.99. 
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 Calzado y Marroquinería" (Draft Resolution of 
the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tour ism "Issuing the Technical Regulation on the 
labelling of footwear and articles of leather") (13 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Purpose and scope, Exceptions, Definitions and acronyms, Goods 
labelling requirements, Labelli ng requirements for footwear , Labelling requirements for 
articles of leather, Conformity assessment proce dure, Information in respect of certification 
and inspection bodies and laboratories, Monito ring and inspection bodies, Penalty system, 
Registration of manufacturers and importers, No tification, Period of validity and entry into 
force, Transitional provisions, Annex and Derogations. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Prevention of practices likely to mislead consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Resolution No. 0510 of 19 March 2004, Resolution No. 1348 of 
30 June 2004 and Resolution No. 1011 of 31 May 2005 of the Ministry of Commerce, 
Industry and Tourism, notified in documents G/TBT/N/COL/45/Add.1, 
G/TBT/N/COL/45/Add.2 and G/TBT/N/COL/45/ Add.3 of 28 April and 11 August 2004 
and 29 June 2005 respectively. G/TBT/N/COL/102 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Six (6) months after the date of publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   30 November 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 No. 13A – 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C.,  Colombia Tel.: (+571) 241-0478 Web site: http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/sirt