G/SPS/N/COL/248  
19 March 2013  
(13-1494)  Page: 1/2  
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 and beverages 
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 crea la lista de establecimientos y/o predios con hallazgos de excesos de residuos o contaminantes en los productos alimenticios destinados al consumo humano y se dictan otras disposiciones" (Draft Ministry of Health and Social 
Welfare Resolution providing for the creation of a list of establishments and/or areas of 
land where excess residues or contaminants have  been found in food products destined for 
human consumption, and issuing other provisions") 
Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 5 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/COL/13_1172_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: Purpose; Scope; Creation of the list of establishments and/or 
areas of land where excess residues or contam inants have been found in food products 
destined for human consumption (LERCON); Inclusion in and removal from 
the LERCON list; Publication of the LERCON list; Use of information concerning 
establishments and/or areas of land the pr oducts of which are destined for export; 
Responsibilities; 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.  
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 G/SPS/N/COL/248 
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   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: 
Article 287 of Law No. 9 of 24 January 1979; Article 65 of Law No. 101 of 1993 and Article 34 of Law No. 1122 of 2007; Article 5 of Decree No. 4765 of 2008 
and Article 20.14 of Decree No. 2078 of 2012 (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) : Date of publication in the Official Journal. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 18 May 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. 1251 Fax: (+57) 1 330-5050, Ext. 1250 
E-mail: bolarte@minsalud.gov.co  
Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co  
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