G/SPS/N/COL/249  
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): Food products 
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 del Ministerio de Salud y 
Protección Social "Por la cual se reglamenta el artículo 126 del Decreto ley 019 de 2012 y se dictan otras disposiciones"  ( D r a f t  M i n i s t r y  o f  H e a l t h  a n d  S o c i a l  W e l f a r e  R e s o l u t i o n  
"Laying down regulations under Article 126 of Decree-Law No. 019 of 2012 and issuing 
other provisions") Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 37 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/COL/13_1193_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Resolution covers the following: Purpose; 
Scope; Definitions; Classification of food  for human consumption; Good manufacturing 
practices; Buildings and installations; Equipment and utensils; Food product handlers; 
Hygiene requirements during the manufacturing  process; Quality and safety assurance and 
control; Sanitation; Storage, distribution, transportation and marketing of food and raw 
materials for food; Restaurants and catering establishments; Mandatory sanitary 
registration, sanitary permit or sanitary notification; Period of validity of sanitary registration, sanitary permit and sanitary notification; Changes; Body responsible for 
issuing sanitary registration, sanitary permit and sanitary notification, Types of sanitary 
registration, sanitary permit and sanitary notification; Inspection, monitoring and control; Penalty system; 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/249 
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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 ( Ley) No. 09 of 24 January 1979, Law No. 915 of 21 October 2004 and Law No. 1437 
of 18 January 2011; Article 126 of Decree-Law ( Decreto ley ) No. 019 of 10 January 2012; 
Decree ( Decreto ) No. 3075 of 23 December 1997; and Resolution ( Resolución ) No. 16078 
of 28 October 1985 of the Ministry of Health and Resolution No. 5109 of 29 December 2005 of the Ministry of Social Welfare, notified in 
document G/SPS/N/COL/102/Add.1 (available in Spanish).  
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) : Twelve (12) 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) : 19 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 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: (+57) 1 606-4775 
Fax: (+57) 1 606-4777 
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social 
Sudirección de Salud Nutricional Alimentos y Bebidas 
Dirección de Promoción y Prevención 
Carrera 13 N° 32 - 76 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: (+57) 1 330-5000, Ext. 1251 
Fax: (+57) 1 330-5050, Ext. 1250 E-mail: bolarte@minsalud.gov.co  
Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co  G/SPS/N/COL/249 
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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 Calle 28 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: (+57) 1 606-4775