WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.161
24April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1795)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: COLOMBIA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National Council forStandards andQuality
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Toilet soap
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Request toGive
Mandatory Force toColombian Technical Standard 760(Second Update) (Soaps and
Detergents. Toilet Soap) inRespect ofGeneral Conditions andLabelling (12pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose ofColombian Technical Standard 760(Soaps and
detergents. Toilet soap) istoestablish therequirements tobemetbytoilet soap for
personal hygiene supplied intheform ofbarsorcakes.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofhuman, animal andplant health, andconsumer
protection
8. Relevant documents: Colombian Technical Standard 760,Spanish
9. Proposed dateofadoption: June1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: From dateofadoption
10. Final dateforcomments: 15May1997
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11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]
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