WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.140
16April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1627)
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): Bicycles
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Request to
Give Mandatory Force toColombian Technical Standard 2054 (Transportation
Equipment, Bicycles, Safety Requirements) (First Update) inRespect ofRequirements
forSub-Assemblies, Section 3,Requirements forBicycles (48pages)
6. Description ofcontent: The purpose ofColombian Technical Standard 2054
(Transportation equipment, bicycles, safety requirements) istoestablish thesafety and
performance requirements forthedesign, assembly andtesting ofbicycles and
sub-assemblies, anditdoesnotinclude instruction manuals fortheuseandmaintenance
ofthebicycles.
Itapplies tobicycles intended foruseonpublic roads andwhose saddles canbe
adjusted toaheight of635mm.ormore.
Itdoesnotapply tospecial types ofbicycles suchasdelivery bicycles, tandems,
toybicycles orbicycles designed foruseincompetitive events.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofhuman lifeandhealth andconsumer protection
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8. Relevant documents: Colombian Technical Standard 2054
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:June1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 15May1997
11. Texts available inSpanish from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax
number ofother body: Ministerio deDesarrollo Económico
División deNormalización yCalidad
Tel: 2871329, Fax: 2887004
Carrera 13No.28-01,piso6o
Santafé deBogotá, Colombia
oraddress andtelefax number ofother body: Superintendencia deIndustria yComercio
Carrera 13No.27-00piso10o
Santafé deBogotá, Colombia
Fax: 3341593
ICONTEC
Carrera 37No.52-95
Santafé deBogotá, Colombia
Tel.: 3150377
Fax: 2221435