. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/51 
21 April 2004 
 (04-1789) 
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:   Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism  
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:   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 applicable,  otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Safety-belts and restraint 
systems for adult occupants of motor vehicles  (87.08.21.00.00) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Resolution 
Issuing the Technical Regulation on Safety-Be lts Manufactured, Imported or Marketed for 
Use in Motor Vehicles and Their Trailers in Colombia  (7 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   All safety-belts should minimize the risks to human life and 
integrity by restraining vehicle passenger move ment and affording sufficient resistance to 
the stress which can occur both under normal conditions of use and in road accidents. Purpose, Scope of application, Definitions  and abbreviations, Specific requirements, 
Labelling, Tariff subheading, Conformity assessme nt procedure, Conformity certification, 
Monitoring and inspection body, Penalty system and Period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Prevent the risks arising from motor vehicle accidents, protect human life and health and 
eliminate practices likely to mislead consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Regulation No. 16,  
Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of  Safety-Belts and Restraint Systems for 
Adult Occupants of Power-Driven Vehicles. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 July 2004  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Two months as from the date of publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   16 July 2004 
 
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  Texts available from:   
National enquiry point [ X ],  
Contact point:
  
E-mail:  danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 713 
Fax: (571) 350-9564 
Website: 
http://www.mincomercio.gov.co/VBeCont ent/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 Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
E-mail:  jcrondon@mincomercio.gov.co Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, primer piso Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 715 Fax: (571) 350-5211 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
 