G/SPS/N/COL/247  
19 March 2013  
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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) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Salt, flavoured salts and salt blends. 
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 Decreto del Ministerio de Salud y Protección 
Social "Por el cual se establece el reglamento técnico sobre los requisitos de calidad, proceso, empaque y comercialización de la sal y mezclas de sales para consumo humano y se dictan otras disposiciones sobre la materia" (Draft Ministry of Health and Social Welfare 
Decree "establishing the technical regulation on requirements relating to the quality, 
processing, packaging and marketing of salt and salt blends for human consumption and issuing other provisions") Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 15 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/COL/13_1138_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: Purpose; Scope; Definitions; General characteristics; 
Classification; Iodine and fluoride conten t; Physical and chemical requirements; 
Contaminants; Food additives; Special salts and salt blends for human consumption; Processing and packaging requirements; Pa cking and packaging operations; Special 
requirements for processing and packaging establishments; Containers and packaging; 
Labelling; Salt for animal consumption; Salt for industrial use; Sanitary registration; Sanitary registration of establishments; Inspection, monitoring and control; Frequency of 
inspection visits; Samples for analysis; Test methods; Laboratory results and procedure; 
Interlaboratory programmes; Information and registration; Notification and period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/COL/247 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[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:  
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
Law No. 9 of 24 January 1979; Article 34(b) and (c) of Law No. 1122 of 2007; Decree No. 547 of 19 March 1996; Decree No. 3075 of 23 December 1997; Ministry of Public 
Health Resolution No. 4241 of 9 April 1991; an d Ministry of Social Welfare Resolutions 
No. 5109 of 29 December 2005 and No. 333 of 10 February 2011, notified in documents G/SPS/N/COL/102/Add.1 and G/SPS/N/COL/124/Add.5 (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Date on which the Decree 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) : Eight (8) months as from the date of publication in the Official Journal. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 June 2013 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 N° 13ª - 15, tercer piso 
Tel.: (+57) 1 606-4775 Fax: (+57) 1 606-4777 
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social 
Subdirección de Salud Nutricional Alimentos y Bebidas Carrera 13 N° 32 - 76 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: (+57) 1 330-5000, Ext. 1266 
Fax: (+57) 1 330-5050, Ext. 1280 E-mail: bolarte@minsalud.gov.co  
Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co  G/SPS/N/COL/247 
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  13. Texts available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
 
Enquiry point: 
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R. E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  
 puntocontacto@mincomercio.gov.co  
Tel.: +(57) 1 606 7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(57) 1 606 4777 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Carrera 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(57) 1 606 4775