G/SPS/N/COL/2 64 
5 January  2017 
(17-0028) Page: 1/3 
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 spe cified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Food and food raw materials intended for human consumption - 
authorization and certification of food factories located abroad . 
4. Regions o r 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 decreto "Por el cual se establecen los 
procedimientos sanitarios para la importación y exportación de alimentos y materias 
primas para alimentos destinados al consumo humano, y para la habilitación y certificación 
de fábricas de alimentos ubicadas en el exterior"  (Draft Decree "Establishing sanitary  
procedures for the import an d export of food and food raw materials intended for human 
consumption, and for the authorization and certification of food factories located abroad" ) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 10 
Text available at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/COL/17_0036_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified draft D ecree establishes sanitary  procedures for the 
import and export of food and food raw materials intende d for human consumption, and 
for the authorization and certification of food factories located abroad, with a v iew to 
protecting and preventing damage to human life . It covers the following : Purpose ; Scope; 
Definitions ; Obligations at entry and exit points  for importers of food intended for human 
consumption ; Obligations at entry and exit points for importers of raw materials for food 
intended for human consumption ; Procedure for the issue of health inspection certificates ; 
Products subject to laboratory an alysis ; Health inspection certification for exportation ; 
Requirements for the authorization of factories situated abroad that produce  foods of 
animal origin posing  a high risk to public health ; Procedure for the authorizatio n of 
factories situated abroad that produce  foods of animal origin posing  a high risk to public 
health ; Denial of authorization and prohibition of marketing ; Period of validity and renewal 
of authorization ; Transitional provisions ; Trade a greements and/or treaties signed and 
ratified by Colombia ; Certification of  good manufacturing practices for  factories located  
abroad that produce  foods other than those of animal origin posing  a high risk to public 
health ; Procedure and notification of certification visits ; Inspection, monitoring and 
control; Penalty procedure and sanitary  measures ; Liability ; Simultaneous inspection ; 
Notification ; Transitional provisions ; Period of validity and derogations.  G/SPS/N/COL/264  
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  7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety , [ ] animal health , [ ] plant protection , [ ] 
prote ct humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? 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. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ) 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant i nternational 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 : Decree 
No. 4149 of 2004, Decree No. 2078 of 2012 and Resolution No. 1229 of 2013.  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Date on which the Decree 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 fro m date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 12 months from the 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) : 6 Mar ch 2017 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  
Dirección de Regulac ión 
Calle 28, N° 13A - 15, tercer piso  
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  
Tel.: (+57) 1 6067676, Ext. 1690 or 1340  
Email:  puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
Website : http://www.sical.gov.co  
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social  
Carrera 13 N° 32 -76 
Código Postal 1120311  
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  
Tel.: (+57) 1 3305000  
Website : http://www.minsalud.gov.co  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Co mercio, Industria y Turismo  
Dirección de Regulación  
Calle 28, N° 13A - 15, tercer piso  
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  G/SPS/N/COL/264  
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   Enquiry point:  
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R.  
Email:  drico@mincit.gov.co  
Tel.: (+57) 1 6067676, Ext. 1690  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co/publicaciones.php?id=33051