. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/COL/182 
4 September 2012 
 (12-4755) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   COLOMBIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales/Ministerio de 
Hacienda y Crédito Público  (Directorate of Taxes and National Customs/Ministry of 
Finance and Public Credit) 
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 Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:   Transparency 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Spirits, wines, aperitifs 
and the like;  beer (bottled and draft), sha ndies and mixtures;  cigarettes and manufactured 
tobacco. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document :  Proyecto de Decreto 
"Por el cual se reglamenta el Sistema Únic o Nacional de Información y Rastreo - SUNIR - 
establecido por el Parágrafo 4o del artículo 227 de la Ley 1450 de 2011 y se dictan otras 
disposiciones"  (Draft Decree governing the National Information and Tracking System 
(SUNIR) established in Article 227.4 of Law No. 1450 of 2011 and issuing other 
provisions) (17 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:   The notified text covers the following:  Purpose of the National 
Information and Tracking System (SUNIR);  St ructure of SUNIR;  Mandatory integration 
into SUNIR;  Obligations of the departments and Capital District in respect of SUNIR;  
Obligations of persons liable for consumption ta x;  Obligations of the Directorate of Taxes 
and National Customs in respect of SUNIR;  Registration;  Initial information input;  
Updating information;  Marking and counting;  Marking and counting information;  Place of marking and counting;  Automated marking and counting;  Mechanical or manual marking and counting;  Marking and coun ting devices;  Marking elements;  Product 
destination;  Access to information;  Security  of the system;  Grounds for the seizure and 
confiscation of goods;  Seizures;  Stages of  implementation;  Transitional regime;  
Notification;  and Period of validity and derogations. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Prevention of practices liable to mislead consumers and traceability. G/TBT/N/COL/182 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Law No. 788 of 27 December 2002, Law No. 1109 of 
27 December 2006, Law No. 1450 of 16 June 2011, Decree No. 2141 of 
25 November 1996 and Decree No. 2685 of 28 December 1999. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Decree is signed. 
Date of publication in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   28 November 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body: 
Enquiry Point: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
E-mail:  drico@mincomercio.gov.co;  mailto :puntocontactotc-msf@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 Hacienda y Crédito Público 
Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales Carrera 8 N° 6C - 38 Edificio San Agustín 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: (+57) 1 607-9800, Ext. 10014 Fax: (+57) 1 333-7841 E-mail: VBERNALC@dian.gov.co ;  aboadai@dian.gov.co  
Website: http://www.dian.gov.co  
Text also available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/COL/12_3464_00_s.pdf