WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.170
24April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1804)
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): Tomato sauce
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Request toGive
Mandatory Force toColombian Technical Standard 921, (Tomato Sauce, Catsup,
Ketchup) inRespect oftheFollowing Requirements: Definition andDescription;
General Requirements; Specific Requirements; Packaging andLabelling (11pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose ofColombian Technical Standard 921(Tomato
Sauce, Catsup, Ketchup) istoestablish therequirements tobemetby,andtheteststobe
performed ontomato sauce.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofhuman lifeandhealth
8. Relevant documents: Colombian Technical Standard 921,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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