WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/143 
10 February 2010 
 (10-0742) 
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 Minas y Energía  (Ministry of Mining and Energy) 
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):   Air conditioners;  
Refrigerators and/or freezers for domestic or commercial use;  E lectromagnetic and 
electronic lighting ballasts ;  Single-phase and three-phase squirrel-cage induction electric 
motors (60Hz);  Household electric washing machines;  Electric storage water heaters ;  
Gas-fired storage water heaters ;  Domestic gas cooking appliances (free-standing and 
built-in work tables with burners, work tables with grill, table-top cookers, free-standing 
ovens, built-in ovens, free-standing grills, built-in  grills, griddles, free-standing cookers and 
built-in cookers). 
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 de Etiquetado con fines de Uso Raci onal de Energía aplicable a algunos equipos 
de uso final de energía eléctrica y gas com bustible, tanto de fabricación nacional como 
importados, para su comercialización en Colombia" (Draft Ministry of Mining and Energy 
Resolution "Issuing the Technical Regulation on rational energy-use labelling for certain 
electrical and gas end-use equipment, whethe r domestically manufactured or imported for 
marketing in Colombia") Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  64 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  
Scope;  Exclusions;  Definitions;  Abbreviati ons, symbols and acronyms;  General labelling 
requirements;  Specific equipment labelli ng requirements;  Conformity assessment 
procedure;  Conformity certificates;  Informa tion in respect of certification and inspection 
bodies and laboratories;  Monitoring and in spection bodies;  Manufacturer and importer 
registration;  Transitional provisions;  Penalty  system;  Period of validity;  Review and 
updating;  Provision for requirements by other bodies;  and Annexes. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Reduce or eliminate practices likely to mislead consumers G/TBT/N/COL/143 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
Law ( Ley) No. 697 of 3 October 2001; 
Colombian Technical Standard ( Norma Técnica Colombiana , NTC) No. 2078:  Artefactos 
refrigeradores domésticos.  Refrigeradores con o sin compartimiento de baja temperatura.  
Características y métodos de ensayo  (Household refrigerating appliances.  Refrigerators 
with or without low-temperature compartmen t.  Characteristics and test methods); 
NTC 2832-2:  Gasodomésticos para la cocción de alimentos.  Parte 2.  Uso Racional de 
Energía  (Domestic cooking appliances burning gas.  Part 2:  Rational use of energy); 
NTC 4097:  Artefactos refrigeradores sin escarcha par a uso doméstico.  Refrigeradores, 
refrigeradores con compartimiento para c ongelar alimentos o almacenar alimentos 
congelados y congeladores de alimentos que  utilizan circulación de aire forzada.  
Características y métodos de ensayo  (Household frost-free refrigerating appliances.  
Refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, frozen food storage cabinets and food freezers cooled 
by internal forced air circulation.   Characteristics and test methods); 
NTC 4295:  Método de ensayo para clasificación de  acondicionadores de aire para recinto  
(Method of testing for rating room air conditioners); 
NTC 4298:  Artefactos domésticos para almacenam iento de alimentos congelados y 
congeladores domésticos de alimentos  (Household frozen food storage cabinets and food 
freezers); 
NTC 4371:  Artefactos refrigeradores domésticos .  Refrigeradores con compartimiento 
congelador.  Características y métodos de ensayo  (Household refrigerating appliances.  
Refrigerator-freezers.  Char acteristics and test method); 
NTC 4720:  Métodos para medir el desempeño de los calentadores eléctricos para 
almacenamiento de agua para propósitos domésticos  (Methods for measuring the 
performance of  electric storage water -heaters for household purposes); 
NTC 5042:  Gasodomésticos.  Calentadores tipo acum ulador que emplean gas para la 
producción de agua caliente.  Características  constructivas, funcionales y de seguridad  
(Domestic gas appliances.  Gas-fired storage water heaters  for the production of hot water.  
Construction, performance and safety requirements); 
NTC 5112:  Eficiencia energética de balastos.  Método de ensayo  (Energy efficiency of 
ballasts.  Test method); 
NTC 5115:  Eficiencia energética.  Acondicionadores de aire tipo unitario.  Método de 
ensayo  (Energy efficiency.  Self-contained air conditioners.  Test method); 
NTC 2805 and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standard No. 60034-1:  
Maquinas eléctricas rotatorias.  Caracterí sticas nominales y características de 
funcionamiento  (Rotating electrical machines.  Rating and performance); 
NTC 3477 and IEC 60034-2-1:  Rotating electrical machines - Part 2-1:  Standard methods 
for determining losses and efficiency from t ests (excluding machines for traction vehicles ); 
NTC/International Organization for Standard ization (ISO)/IEC Standard No. 17050:  
Conformity assessment.  Supplier's declaration of conformity.  Part 1:  General 
requirements.  Part 2:  Supporting documentation ); 
ISO 817:  Refrigerants.  Designation system ; 
Commission Directive 2003/66/EC; 
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  Mexican Official Standard NOM-005-ENER-2000:  Eficiencia energética de lavadoras de 
ropa electrodomésticas.  Límites, método de prueba y etiquetado  (Energy efficiency of 
household electric washing machines.  Limits, test method and labelling); 
Mexican Official Standard NOM-015-ENER-2002:  Eficiencia energética de 
refrigeradores y congeladores electrodomésticos.  Límites, métodos de prueba y etiquetado  
(Energy efficiency of household refrigerators  and freezers.  Limits, test methods and 
labelling). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed 
Six months after date of publication in the Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   3 May 2010 
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) 606-4777 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co and Pu ntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(571) 606-4775 
Document available at:  https://servicios.vuce.gov.co/puntoc/vern.php
 
 Ministerio de Minas y Energía Dirección de Energía 
Centro Administrativo Nacional (CAN), piso 5º 
Calle 43 N° 57 - 31 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Fax: +(571) 324-5207 Tel.: +(571) 324-5202 E-mail: aetaboada@minminas.gov.co and amcardona@minminas.gov.co 
Website: http://www.minminas.gov.co/
 
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