. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/COL/38
23 May 2003
(03-2759)
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 and 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):   Liquid chlorine
(2801.10.00.00)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Resolution
Adopting the Technical Regulation Establishing the Requirements and Test Methods
Applicable to Liquid Chlorine Used in th e Treatment of Drinking and Industrial Water
(5 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   Definitions, general requirements:  reactivity, impurities,
moisture, heavy metals, non-volatile residues, carbon tetrachloride, trihalomethanes,nitrogen trichloride;  purity;  dosage;  special requirements:  chemicals, arsenic, heavy
metals, lead, mercury;  packaging, labell ing, conformity assessment;  tariff heading;
monitoring and inspection, and penalty system.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human health
8. Relevant documents:   American Society for Testing and Materials standards ASTM
E1746, ASTM E410:98, ASTM E806:99, ASTM E506-98 and British Standard
BS 3947:1976.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  28 August 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal.
10. Final date for comments:   19 August 2003G/TBT/N/COL/38
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ]
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
Regulation Department
Calle 28, No. 13A - 15, 1st floor
Bogota, D.C., ColombiaE-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co
COLOMBIA@mincomercio.gov.co (Enquiry point)
Web site: www.mincomercio.gov.co
Tel.:  (571) 350-5500, Ext. 713Fax:  (571) 350-9564
or address, telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if
available, of other body:
Ministry of Social Welfare
General Directorate for Public Health
Carrera 13, No. 32-76
Bogota, D.C., Colombia
E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co
jsolano@minproteccionsocial.gov.co
Tel.: (571) 336-5066Fax: (571) 336-0182
Web site: www.minsalud.gov.co