G/SPS/N/COL/327  
10 May 2021 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : COLOMBIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social  (Ministry of Health and 
Social Welfare) ; Ministerio  de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (Ministry of Agriculture and 
Rural Development)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Food and beverages for human consumption ; feed and fodder  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Proyecto de resolución "Por la cual se establecen los 
Límites Máximos de Residuos (LMR) de plaguicidas en alimentos y bebidas para consumo 
humano y en piensos y forrajes"  (Draft Resolution establishing the pesticide maximum 
residue levels (MRLs) in food and  beverages for human consumption and in feed and 
fodder) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 239 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/COL/21_3251_ 00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Resolution establishes the pesticide maximum 
residue levels (MRLs) in food and beverages for human consumption and in feed and 
fodder.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [X]  animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.) : 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how  and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/COL/327  
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Date on which the Resolution is signed  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Date of publication in the Official Journal  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication for those pesticide MRLs previously established under 
Resolution No. 2906 of 2007, which are maintained in the notified administrative act . The 
obligations under Article 7, i.e. those concerning pesticides for which the MRL has been 
modified and/or pesticides that have been authorized for use in a new food pr oduct and 
for which a new MRL has been established, shall enter into force 36 months from the date 
of publication in the Official Journal . Once this period has elapsed, Resolution No. 2906 
of 2007 containing conflicting provisions shall be repealed.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 9 July 2 021 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National En quiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and 
Tourism)  
Dirección de Regulación  (Regulation Department)  
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso, Bogotá, D.C . Colombia  
Tel.: (+571) 6067 676, Ext. 1566  
Email : puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  
Dirección de Regulación  
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso, Bogotá, D.C . Colombia  
Tel.: (+571) 6067 676, Ext. 1566  
Email : puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co