WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.135
16April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1622)
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): Transport ofClass 8
dangerous goods. Corrosive substances. Packing/packaging andlandtransport byroad
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Request toGive
Mandatory Force toColombian Technical Standard 3971 (Transport ofClass 8
Dangerous Goods. Corrosive Substances. Packing/Packaging andLand Transport by
Road) inRespect oftheSpecific Requirements forPacking/Packaging (48pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose ofColombian Technical Standard 3971 (Transport
ofClass 8dangerous goods. Corrosive substances. Packing/packaging andland
transport byroad) istoestablish therequirements tobemetby,andtheteststobe
performed inrespect ofpacking/packaging andlandtransport ofClass 8dangerous
goods. Italsosetsoutmechanisms formonitoring thetransport ofClass 8dangerous
goods, reducing therisks topeople, objects andtheenvironment inrelation tothe
transport ofcorrosive substances byroadandrelated orsupplementary activities.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection oflifeandconsumer protection
8. Relevant documents: Colombian Technical Standard 3971
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:June1997
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10. Final dateforcomments: 15May1997
11. Texts available inSpanish from: National enquiry point [X]:
Ministerio deDesarrollo Económico
División deNormalización yCalidad
Tel:2871329
Fax:2887004
Carrera 13N.º28-01,piso6o
Santafé deBogotá, Colombia
oraddress andtelefax number ofother body:
Superintendencia deIndustria yComercio
Carrera 13N.º27-00piso10o
Santafé deBogotá, Colombia
Fax:3341593
ICONTEC
Carrera 37N.º52-95
Santafé deBogotá, Colombia
Tel:3150377
Fax:2221435