WORLD TRADE
G/TBT/N/COL/109
11 March 2008
ORGANIZATION
(08-1074)
Original: Spanish
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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: Dirección General de Salud Pública del Ministerio de la Protección
Social (Department of Public Health, Ministry of Social Welfare)
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 Trade, 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): Tricycles, scooters,
pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls, whether or not dressed;
reduced-size ("scale") models and similar recreational models, working or not; puzzles of
all kinds; electric trains, including tracks, signals and other accessories; toys representing
animals or non-human creatures; toy musical instruments and apparatus; motorized toys;
and balloons of natural rubber latex.
9503001000,
9503009300,
9503009990.
9503002920,
9503009400,
9503003000,
9503009500,
9503004000,
9503009600,
9503009100,
9503009900,
9503009200,
9503009910,
5.
Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de
Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por la cual se expide el reglamento
técnico de sobre los requisitos de ensayo que, deben cumplir los jugetes sus componentes y
accesorios, que se comercialicen en Colombia" (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Social
Welfare "issuing the Technical Regulation on testing requirements which toys, their
components and accessories that are marketed in Colombia, must meet") (103 pages, in
Spanish).
6.
Description of content: Purpose and scope; exceptions; definitions; requirements;
flammability; electrical properties; hygiene; risk; labelling; monitoring and inspection
bodies; conformity certificates; supplier's declaration of conformity; review and updating;
notification; period of validity and Annexes.
7.
Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human life, health and safety.
. /.
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8.
Relevant documents: Paragraphs (a) and (b) of Article 551 of Law No. 09 of 1979,
Colombian Technical standards: NTC EN 71-2 Safety of toys. Flammability, NTC EN 713 Safety of toys. Migration of certain elements, NTC 4894 Safety of toys and Resolution
No. 3158 of 10 September 2007, notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/99
9.
Proposed date of adoption:
Date on which the Resolution is signed.
Proposed date of entry into force:
Six months after the date of publication in the
Official Journal.
10.
Final date for comments: 6 June 2008
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:
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R.
E-mail:
Tel.:
Fax:
drico@mincomercio.gov.co
(+571) 606 7676, Ext. 1690
(+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
Ministerio de la Protección Social
Dirección General de Salud Publica
Carrera 13 No. 32 – 76
Bogotá, D. C., Colombia
Tel.:
Fax:
E-mail:
Web site:
(+571) 330 5000, Ext. 1400 to 1445
(+571) 330 5050
jsolano@minproteccionsocial.gov.co
http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co