. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/74 
12 January 2006 
 (06-0133) 
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:   Dirección de Gas del  Ministerio de Minas y Energía  (Gas 
Directorate, Ministry of Mines and Energy) 
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 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Natural gas and liquefied 
petroleum gas (LPG) (27.11.21.00, 27.11.12.00) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de Minas y Energía , “Por la cual se expide el Reglamento 
Técnico  para los Sistemas de Distribución de Gas Natural y Gas Licuado del Petróleo  -
GLP- por Redes y para las Ac ometidas de los Usuarios.”  (Ministry of Mines and Energy 
Draft Resolution issuing the Technical Regula tion on Natural Gas and Liquefied Petroleum 
Gas (LPG) Network Distribution Systems and U ser Connections) (22 pages, in Spanish).   
6. Description of content:   Technical requirements for the design and construction of natural 
gas network distribution systems and user connections; Technical requirements for the 
operation and maintenance of natural gas network distribution systems and user 
connections;  Technical requirements for the d esign and construction of liquefied petroleum 
gas (LPG) network distribution systems and u ser connections;  Technical requirements for 
the operation and maintenance of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) network distribution 
systems and user connections;  Proof of conformity;  Monitoring and inspection body; 
Penalty system, period of validity and derogations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
 
 To prevent potential risks to health, life , safety and the environment during the 
operation of natural gas and liquefied petroleu m gas network distribution systems and user 
connections. G/TBT/N/COL/74 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
NTC 2050 – Primera actualización:  Código Eléctrico Colombiano (Colombian Technical 
Standard 2050 – first revision: Colombian Electrical Code);  
NTC 3728 del 2001-11-28: "Gasoductos. Líneas de  Transporte y Redes de Distribución de 
Gas" (Colombian Technical Standard 3728 of  28 November 2001: "Gas pipelines.  Gas 
lines and distribution networks");  
NTC 3949 del 2002-12-13  (Colombian Technical Standard 3949 of 13 December 2002);  
Código ASME Sección VIII División 1 Edición 1998, Adenda 2000  (American Society of 
Mechanical Engineers Code, Section VIII, Division 1, 1998 Edition, 2000 Addenda );  
API 1104  (American Petroleum Institute Standard 1104)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Diario Oficial (Official 
Journal) 
Six months after the date of publication in the 
Diario Oficial (Official Journal) 
10. Final date for comments:   10 April 2006 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], 
Enquiry Point: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R.   E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.: (+571) 6067676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (+571) 2410480 
 Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación: ramonm@mincomercio.gov.co Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, primer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
 Tel.: (+571) 2410478 Website: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co/VBeConten t/NewsDetail.asp?ID=2197&IDCompany=15 
or address, telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, 
if available, of other body:   
Ministerio de Minas y Energía 
Centro Administrativo Nacional - CAN piso 5
o 
Bogotá, D. C., Colombia 
Fax:  (+571) 3245207 
Tel.:  (+571) 3245202 
E-mail:    Cristina.Acosta@minminas.gov.co Website: www.minminas.gov.co