 
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/52 
18 June 2004 
 (04-2639) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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 the Environment, Housing and Territorial Development 
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 Trade, 
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):   Prefabricated housing 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Resolution of 
the Permanent Advisory Commission for Earthquake Resistant Buildings on the 
"Construction system based on prefabricated m odular elements" (31 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   Scope, revisions and updates.  Description of a simplified method 
of design, construction, quality control and t echnical supervision.  Application of the 
exceptions regime.  Description of the system and assembly. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The protection of human life in areas of high seismic risk. 
8. Relevant documents:   Standard NSR 98 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    24 September 2004 
 Six calendar months after the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 
10. Final date for comments:   17 September 2004 G/TBT/N/COL/52 
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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:   
Contact point
: 
 Email:  danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co
 
Tel:  (571) 3505500, Ext. 713 
Fax:  (571) 3509564 Website: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co/VBeConten t/NewsDetail.asp?ID=2197&IDCompany=15
 
 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación:  jcrondon@mincomercio.gov.co  
Calle 28 No. 13A-15, primer piso Tel:  (571) 3505500, Ext. 715 Fax:  (571) 3505211 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
or address, telephone and fax numbers, e-ma il and web-site addresses, if available of 
the other body:   
Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial 
Viceministerio de Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial 
Calle 37 No. 8 – 40, 
Bogotá, D.C. Colombia Email:  dpersonal@minambiente.gov.co
 
prensa@minambiente.gov.co  
Web site:  www.minambiente.gov.co  
Tel:  (571) 3821301, Ext. 1833 
Fax:  (571) 3821303 
 
 