COLOMBIA: RESOLUTION NO. CNNC 05 MAKING MANDATORY CERTAIN COLOMBIAN TECHNICAL STANDARDS The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif.96.430. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: COLOMBIA. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2). 2. Agency responsible: National Council for Standards and Quality. Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification can be indicated if different from above. 3. Notified under Articles 2.10.1, 5.7.1., other: unknown 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Non-electric razors. Steel sector: Screws, bolts and similar threaded parts; mechanics. Nuts. General requirements: fasteners. Mechanical properties of bolts, screws and studs; fasteners. Mechanical properties of nuts with specified test load values; mechanical elements. Galvanized bolts, for use in electricity pylons. Mechanics elements. Wheel nuts; fasteners. High-tension bolts for use in structural steel joints; fasteners; High-tension bolts classes 10.9 and 10.9.3 for structural steel joints; fasteners. Specifications of carbon and alloy steel nuts, for bolts intended for use at high temperatures and pressures. Plastics sector: Solvent cement for plastic pipes and fittings (vinyl chloride) (PVC); plastics. Rigid plastic pipes (vinyl chloride) (PVC) for sanitary and ventilation piping. Electrical engineering sector: General-purpose tungsten-filament electric light bulbs; electrical engineering. Primary batteries. Metal containers sector: Metal containers. Welded steel drums for liquid petroleum gas (LPG), capacity 5 kg. to 46 kg. 5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Resolution No. CNNC 05 Making Mandatory Certain Colombian Technical Standards (6 pages, texts available in Spanish). 6. Description of content: To make Colombian Technical Standards (NTC) mandatory in respect of the following: NTC 3668, protective cartridge, material for razor blades, loose parts, cutting edge of razor blades, razor blades must not have a defective edge, treatment, coating, adjustment, packaging and labelling; NTC 858 (1st Revision), thermal treatment, requirements, packaging and labelling; NTC 1709, requirements, chemical characteristics of the steel, mechanical properties, dimensions, superficial defects, labelling of nuts grade 5 and grade 8 and model labels; NTC 2098 (1st Revision), materials, mechanical properties, maximum tensile loads and test loads, markings, symbols, identification, hexagonal bolts and screws, marking for left-handed threads, alternative marking and trademarks; NTC 2359 (1st Revision), materials, mechanical properties, test load values, marking, symbols, identification, marking for left-handed thread, alternative marks and trademarks; NTC 2589, thermal treatment, hot-dip galvanizing, galvanizing by mechanical deposition, galvanized weight, threads, chemical composition, mechanical properties, dimensions and product marking; NTC 2778, requirements, dimensions, mechanical requirements and labelling; NTC 4029, type of bolt, materials and manufacture, chemical composition, mechanical properties, dimension, responsibility, marking of type 1, type 2 and type 3 bolts, location of marks and manufacturer's marks; NTC 4028, materials and manufacture, chemical composition, mechanical requirements, dimensions, responsibility and product marking; NTC 4035, nuts grades 2H, 2HM, 3, 4, 6, 6F, 7 and 7M, chemical composition, mechanical requirements, dimensions and product marking NTC 576 (2nd Revision), requirements, solubility, viscosity, shear strength, resistance to hydrostatic pressure, and labelling; NTC 1341 (5th Revision), materials, internal and external surface, dimensions and tolerances, chemical resistance, moulding quality, impact strength, threads, mechanical joints and labelling; NTC 189 (3rd Revision), general conditions, socket, bulb, fuse, solder, requirements, minor physical defects, major physical defects, torsion, nominal life, nominal luminous flux, actual life, packaging and labelling; NTC 1152 (6th Revision), average minimum life and leaks and NTC 552-1 (4th Revision), volumetric expansion, hydrostatic pressure, bursting pressure, thermal treatment and labelling. Anyone manufacturing or importing such products must demonstrate to the Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio that the products concerned meet the requirements established in the Official Colombian Technical Standards. 7. Objective and rationale: Protection of life and health and consumer protection. 8. Relevant documents: Colombian Technical Standards: NTC 3668, NTC 858 (First Revision), NTC 1709, NTC 2098 (First Revision), NTC 2359 (First Revision), NTC 2589, NTC 2778, NTC 4029, NTC 4028, NTC 4035, NTC 576 (Second Revision), NTC 1341 (Fifth Revision), NTC 189 (Third Revision), NTC 1152 (Sixth Revision) and NTC 522-1 (Fourth Revision). 9. Proposed date of adoption: 14 November 1996; Proposed date of entry into force: 14 November 1996. 10. Final date for comments: Not stated. 11. Text available from: National enquiry point: Ministry of Economic Development, Standards and Quality Division, Telephone: 3380641, FAX 2874368, Carrera 13 No. 28 -- 01, piso 60, Santafe

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