G/TBT/N/COL/210 15 December 2014 (14

G/TBT/N/COL/210
15 December 2014
(14-7245)
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
Original: Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1.
Notifying Member: COLOMBIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2.
Agency responsible: Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (Supervisory Authority
for Industry and Trade)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and email and website
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
3.
Notified under Article 2.9.2 [
4.
Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff
heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable:
Measuring instruments
5.
Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de
Resolución de la Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio "Por la cual se modifica el
Capítulo Tercero del Título VI de la Circular Única de la Superintendencia de Industria y
Comercio, y se reglamenta el control metrológico a instrumentos de medición" (Draft
Resolution of the Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade "Amending Chapter 3 of
Title VI of the Single Circular of the Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade and
regulating the metrological control of measuring instruments") (15 pages, in Spanish).
6.
Description of content: The notified draft Resolution covers the following: Scope;
Exceptions; Definitions; Stages of the metrological control process; Responsibility of
measuring instrument owners; Authority responsible for inspection, monitoring and
control in the field of legal metrology; Repairers of measuring instruments; Authorized
metrological verification bodies (OAVM); Legal metrology information system (SIMEL);
and Infringement and penalty regime.
7.
Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where
applicable: Transparency
8.
Relevant documents:
Article 59, paragraphs 8 and 9, and Article 71 of Law (Ley) No. 1480 of 2011;
Article 41 of Decree (Decreto) No. 2269 of 16 November 1993;
Article 1, paragraphs 47, 48, 50, 51, 54 and 55, and Article 14, paragraphs 4 and 9, of
Decree (Decreto) No. 4886 of 23 December 2011;
Single Circular of the Supervisory Authority for Industry and Trade (Circular Única de la
Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio) - http://www.sic.gov.co/drupal/circularunica-sic.
9.
Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into
force:
], 2.10.1 [
], 5.6.2 [ X ], 5.7.1 [
], other:
Upon signature of the Resolution
Date of publication in the Official Journal
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10.
Final date for comments: 12 March 2015
11.
Texts available from: National enquiry point [ X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:
Enquiry Point:
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R.
Email:
[email protected] ; [email protected]
Tel.:
(+57-1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690
Fax:
(+57-1) 606-4777
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo
Dirección de Regulación
Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso
Bogotá, D.C. Colombia
Tel.:
(+57-1) 606-4775
Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio
Delegatura para el Control y Verificación de Reglamentos Técnicos y Metrología Legal
Grupo de Regulación
Carrera 13 No. 27 - 00
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Tel.:
(+57-1) 587-0000, Ext. 10341
Fax:
(+57-1) 587-0284
Email:
[email protected]
Website: http://www.sic.gov.co
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