G/TBT/N/COL/191  
20 March 2013  
(13-1542)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:  COLOMBIA 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social (Ministry of Health and 
Social Welfare) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  Ministerio de 
Comercio, Industria y Turismo (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism) 
3. Notified under Arti cle 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Food products 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) 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"  (Draft Ministry 
of Health and Social Welfare Resolution "L aying down regulations under Article 126 of 
Decree-Law No. 019 of 2012 and issuing other provisions") (37 pages, in Spanish). 
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, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To protect human life and health. 
8. Relevant documents:  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/TBT/N/COL/69/Add.1. G/TBT/N/COL/191 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
12 months as from the date of  publication in 
the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:  19 June 2013 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresse s, 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 
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  
Text also available at: 
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