G/TBT/N/COL/190  
15 March 2013  
(13-1419)  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 telephon e and fax numbers, 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 wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Salt, flavoured salts and salt blends. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) 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")(15 pages, in Spanish) 
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 ; Packing 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, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To protect the health of the population and prevent practices likely to mislead 
consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:  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; and Ministry of Social Welfare Resolutions No. 5109 of 29 December 2005 and No. 333 of 10 February 2011, notified in documents G/TBT/N/COL/69/Add.1 
and G/TBT/N/COL/81/Add.5. G/TBT/N/COL/190 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Decree is signed. 
Eight (8) months as from the date of 
publication in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:  14 June 2013 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the 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 N° 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. 1266 
Fax: (+57) 1 330-5050, Ext. 1280 E-mail: bolarte@minsalud.gov.co  
Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co  
Text also available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/tbt/COL/13_1137_00_s.pdf