. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/55 
14 July 2004 
 (04-3023) 
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 Commerce, Industry and Tourism  
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, Regulation Department. 
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):   Portable lighters, 
disposable or refillable  
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Technical Regulation 
on Domestic or Imported Disposable Fuel Lighters for Use in Colombia  (7 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This draft Technical Regulation establishes the safety 
requirements and test methods for and require ments for the commercial information that 
must be included on lighters, which are fl ame-producing devices and therefore present a 
potential hazard to users. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Protect user safety by establishing safety requirements. 
8. Relevant documents:   International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standard 
No. 9994. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  20 October 2004  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Six months as from the date of publication in the 
Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments:   12 October 2004 G/TBT/N/COL/55 
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11. Texts available in:  Spanish  
from National enquiry point [ X ], or a ddress, telephone and fax numbers and E-mail 
and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact point
:  
Daniel Hector Rico R. 
E-mail:  danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 713 Fax: (571) 350-9564 Web site: 
http://www.mincomercio.gov.co/VBeConten t/NewsDetail.asp?ID=2197&IDCompany=15 
 Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación E-mail:  jcrondon@mincomercio.gov.co 
Calle 28, No. 13A - 15, primer piso 
Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 715 Fax: (571) 350-5211 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  
 
 