. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/COL/18
1 July 2002
(02-3642)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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:   Ministry of Mines and Energy – Ministry of Transport
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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:
www.mintransporte.gov.co
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   27.10.19.19.00
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Resolution of
the Ministries of Mines and Energy and of Transport, Establishing Quality, Storage,
Transport and Supply Requirements for Aviation Turbine Fuels and Enacting Other
Provisions (6 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   Purpose:  the purpose of this Resolution is to lay down the
minimum characteristics for aviation fuels for Jet A, Jet A1 and Jet B turbine engines, as
well as the requirements and procedures for all modes of storage, transport and supply of
such fuels.  Scope of application:  (a) producers and distributors of aviation turbine fuels;
(b) all modes of transport of aviation turbine fuels;  (c) all modes of storage of aviation
turbine fuels;  and (d) all modes of supply  of aviation turbine fuels.  Definitions,
classification and description.  Characteristics of aviation turbine fuels.  Generalrequirements;  specific requirements;  sampling of aviation turbine fuels;  transport
requirements for aviation turbine fuels;  storage requirements for aviation turbine fuels;
supply requirements for aviation turbine fuels.  Inspection and monitoring agencies.
Penalty regime.  Conformity assessment procedure.  Product identification.  Period of
validity.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Safety of air transport users and of persons involved in the production chain.
8. Relevant documents:   Colombian Technical Standards:  NTC 1899 – fourth update,
NTC 1647 – second update, NTC 4517, NTC 4642 and NTC 4643.G/TBT/N/COL/18
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  16 September 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  Following publication in the Official Journal
10. Final date for comments:  12 September 2002
11. Texts available in:  Spanish
National enquiry point [  X ]
Ministry of Economic Development
Directorate-General of Trade and Promotion of Competition
Carrera 13 No. 28-01, piso 7o
Bogotá, D.C., ColombiaE-mail:  normalization01@mindesa.gov.co
Contact point:  COLO MBIA@mindesa.gov.co
Tel: +(571) 3505500 Ext.713
Fax:  +(571) 3509564
or address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail  and web-site addresses, if available of
the other body:
Ministry of Transport
Directorate-General of Air Transport
Avda. El dorado CAN Of. 304 piso 3
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
E-mail:  jsalazar@mintransporte.gov.co
Tel:  +(571) 3240800, Exts. 1300/1301
Fax:  +(571) 3240800, Ext. 1304