WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.143
16April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1629)
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): National Electrical Code
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Request toGive
Mandatory Force totheEntire Content ofColombian Technical Standard 2050 (National
Electrical Code) (870pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose ofColombian Technical Standard 2050 (National
Electrical Code) istoestablish provisions governing:
- Installations consisting ofconductors andelectrical equipment inoronpublic,
private orother buildings including mobile homes, pleasure vehicles andfloating
homes, aswell asother premises such ascommercial facilities, recreation
grounds, carparks andthelike,andindustrial substations;
- installations consisting ofconductors connected toasource ofelectricity supply;
- installations consisting ofother external conductors within thepremises.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection oflifeandconsumer protection
8. Relevant documents: Colombian Technical Standard 2050
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9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:June1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 15May1997
11. Texts available inSpanish from: National enquiry point [X]:
Ministerio deDesarrollo Económico
División deNormalización yCalidad
Tel: 2871329
Fax: 2887004
Carrera 13N.28-01,piso6o
Santafé deBogotá, Colombia
oraddress andtelefax number ofother body:
Superintendencia deIndustria yComercio
Carrera 13N.27-00piso10o
Santafé deBogotá, Colombia
Fax: 3341593
ICONTEC
Carrera 37N.52-95
Santafé deBogotá, Colombia
Tel: 3150377
Fax: 2221435