WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.166
24April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1800)
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 7
dangerous goods. Radioactive materials. Packing/packaging andlandtransport byroad
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Request toGive
Mandatory Force toColombian Technical Standard 3970 (Transport ofClass 7
Dangerous Goods. Radioactive Materials. Packing/Packaging andLand Transport by
Road) inRespect ofSpecific Requirements forPacking/Packaging (72pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose ofColombian Technical Standard 3970 (Transport
ofClass 7dangerous goods. Radioactive materials. Packing/packaging andland
transport byroad) istoestablish therequirements tobemetby,andtheteststobe
performed withrespect topacking/packaging andlandtransport ofClass 7dangerous
goods. Italsosetsoutmechanisms formonitoring thetransport ofClass 7dangerous
goods, reducing therisks topeople, objects andtheenvironment connected withland
transport ofradioactive materials andwithrelated andsupplementary activities.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection oflifeandconsumer protection
8. Relevant documents: Colombian Technical Standard 3970, Spanish
9. Proposed dateofadoption: June1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: From dateofadoption
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10. Final dateforcomments: 15May1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]
InSpanish
Ministerio deDesarrollo Económico
División deNormalización yCalidad
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Santafé deBogotá, Colombia
oraddress andtelefax number ofother body:
Superintendencia deIndustria yComercio
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Santafé deBogotá, Colombia
Tel: 3341221
Fax: 3341593
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