. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/10.7/N/33
4 September 2001
(01-4202)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
AGREEMENT REACHED BY A MEMBER WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY OR
COUNTRIES ON ISSUES RELATED TO TECHNICAL REGULATIONS,
STANDARDS OR CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT  PROCEDURES
Notification
Under Article 10.7 of the Agreement "Whenever a Member has reached an agreement with
any other country or countries on issues related to technical regulations, standards or conformityassessment procedures which may have a significant effect on trade, at least one Member party to the
agreement shall notify other Members through the Secretariat of the products to be covered by the
agreement and include a brief description of the agreement".  The following notification under
Article 10.7 has been received.
1. Member notifying :  COLOMBIA
2. Title of the bilateral or plurilateral Agreement :  Decision 506 Recognition and  Acceptance
of Certificates for Products Sold in the Andean Community
3. Parties to the Agreement :  Bolivia, Colombia, Equator, Peru, and Venezuela
4. Date of entry into force of the Agreement :  22 June 2001
5. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading):   All
products
6. Subject matter covered by the Agreement (technical regulations, standards or
conformity assessment):   Conformity certificates for products in relation to Technical
Regulations or Mandatory Technical Standards in the Country of Consignment.
7. Brief description of the Agreement:  The Decision provides for Member States' recognition
and automatic acceptance of conformity certificates for products in relation to technicalregulations or mandatory technical standards in the country of consignment, issued by
authorized or recognized certification bodies on the register kept by the Secretary General. The
register shall be updated by notifications by Members States to the Secretary General.
Member States shall immediately notify any change concerning their authorized or recognized
bodies.
The Decision also provides for Members States' recognition and automatic acceptance
of manufacturers' declarations, provided the technical regulation or mandatory technical
standard of the country of consignment so allows.G/TBT/10.7/N/33
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8. Further information available from:
National inquiry point:
Ministerio de Desarrollo Económico
Dirección de Comercio y Promoción de la CompetenciaTelephone: (571) 3505500 Ext. 1700, Fax: (517)3509564
Carrera 13 No. 28 – 01, Piso 7o
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Email: normalizacion01@mindesa.gov.co
Or address and telephone No. of other body:
Communidad Andina de Naciones
Secretaria General
Avenida. Paseo de la Republica, 3895,
Lima – Peru
Fax: +51 (1) 2213329
Telephone: +51 (1) 2212222
Email:  frodriguez@comunidadandina.org