. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/COL/34
15 May 2003
(03-2602)
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):   Cosmetics
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree
Adopting the Technical Regulation Establishing Microbiological Requirements for
Cosmetics  (3 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   Microbiological requirements for cosmetics, scope of application,
definitions, 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 and life.
8. Relevant documents:   Not applicable.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  15 August 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal.
10. Final date for comments:   6 August 2003G/TBT/N/COL/34
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11. Texts available in:  Spanish
from the National enquiry point [  X ],
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
Regulation Department
Calle 28, No. 13A - 15, 1st floor
Bogota, D.C., Colombia
E-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., ColombiaE-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co
jsolano@minproteccionsocial.gov.co
Tel.: (571) 336-5066,
Fax: (571) 336-0182
Web site: www.minsalud.gov.co