. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/COL/41
26 May 2003
(03-2818)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
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:   Ministry of Social Welfare          
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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):   Transfusion equipment
(9018.90.90.00)          
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   M i n i s t r y  o f  S o c i a l
Welfare Draft Resolution Adopting the Technical Regulations Establishing the
Requirements and Testing Methods for Single-Use Blood Transfusion Equipment
(11 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   Purpose, scope of application, definitions, requirements:  physical,
chemical and biological, labelling, packaging, monitoring and inspection, and penalty
system.           
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To prevent  possible risks to individual and collective health.          
8. Relevant documents:   Federal Standard US209, ISO 594-1, ISO 594-2, ISO 3696,
ISO 7000, ISO 7864, ISO 10993-1, ISO 10993-4, ISO 14644-1 and ISO/TR 15223.          
9. Proposed date of adoption:  29 August 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date of publication in the Official Journal
10. Final date for comments:   22 August 2003G/TBT/N/COL/41
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Ministry of  Commerce, Industry and Tourism
Regulation DepartmentCalle 28, No. 13A – 15, primer piso,
Bogota, D.C., Colombia
E-mail:  danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co
Contact point:  COLOMB IA@mincomercio.gov.co
Website:  www.mincomercio.gov.co
Tel.:  (571) 3505500 Ext. 713
Fax:  (571) 3509564
or address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail  and web-site addresses, if available of
the other body:
Ministry of Social Welfare
Directorate-General of Public Health
Carrera 13, No. 32-76Bogota, D.C., Colombia
E-mail:  bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co;  jsolano@minproteccionsocial.gov.co
Tel.:  (571) 3365066Fax:  (571) 3360182
Website:  www.minsalud.gov.co