WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/294/Add.2
7 November 2002
(02-6130)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication from Colombia is being circulated in accordance with
Article 10.6.
Colombia has amended Article 123§8 and the paragraph of Article 126 of Resolution 1096 of
2000 adopting the Technical Regulations for the Drinking Water and Basic Sanitation Sector, notified
in document G/TBT/Notif.00.294 of 30 June 2000, as indicated in the following draft resolution:
ARTICLE 1 - ARTICLE 123§8 OF RESOLUTION 1096 OF 2000–RAS SHALL BE
AMENDED TO READ:  "8.  Development of alternative systems for the collection and disposal of
sewage and/or rainwater.  The alternative systems for the collection and disposal of sewage should
include non-conventional sewage systems such as condominial and decantation systems.  Eachalternative needs to be evaluated from the point of view of its environmental impact."
ARTICLE 2 - THE PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 126 OF RESOLUTION 1096 OF 2000–
RAS SHALL BE AMENDED TO READ:  "The minimum actual inside diameter permissible for
sewage collection and disposal networks using condominial or decantation systems for all levels of
complexity may be reduced to 100 millimetres (4  inches).  In the case of conventional sewage
systems, and only for low levels of complexity, the minimum permissible actual inside diameter shall
be 150 millimetres (6 inches)."
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