G/SPS/N/COL/2 73 
 
24 October  2017 
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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 numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Tuna and tuna preparations (HS tar iff heading 16 04) 
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 establecen los requisitos sanitarios que deben cumplir el 
atún en conserva y las preparaciones de atún " (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Health 
and Social Welfare establishing the sanitary requirements to be met by canned tuna and 
tuna preparations ) Language(s): Spanish  Number of pages:  6 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/COL/17_4704_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Resolution e stablishes the sanitary 
requirements to be met by canned tuna and tuna preparations . 
It covers the following: Purpose; Scope; Definitions; General sanitary requirements ; 
Specific sanitary requirements; Laboratory analysis ; Sanitary safety measures, 
procedures and penalties ; Notification; and Period of validity and derogations . 
7. Objective and rationale: [ X] food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protec t 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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard  or related text) : CODEX STAN 192 -1995: General Standard for Food 
Additives  
[ ] World Organi sation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number) :  
[ ] None   
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [  ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the G/SPS/N/C OL/273 
 
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  international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
 Decree ( Decreto ) No. 2106 of 26 July 1983; 
 Decree No.  2078 of 8 October 2012; 
 Chapter  2, Title 8, Part 2 of Decree No.  780 of 6 May 2016: Single Decree regulating 
the health and social welfare sector ( Decreto Único Reglamentario  del Sector Salud y 
Protección Social ); 
 Resolution ( Resolución ) No. 148 of 24 January  2007, n otified in document  
G/SPS/N/COL/97/Add.1 ; 
 Resolution No. 2606 of 27 July 2009 of the Ministry of Social Welfare , notified in 
document G/SPS/N/COL/146/Add.2 ;  
 Resolution No. 1229 of 23 April 2013; 
 Resolution No. 1619 of 15 May 2015 of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare . 
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) : Upon 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) : 22 December 2017 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ X] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] 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  
Bogotá, D.C. Colombia  
Tel.:  (+571)  606-7676, Ext. 1690 -1340 
E-mail: mgonzalezs@mincit.gov.co  
 drico@minci t.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.: (+571)  330-5000 
Website:  http://www.minsalud.gov.co  
13. Text(s) available from: [ X] National Notification Authority, [ X] 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  
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  
 
Enquiry point:  
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R.  
Tel.: (+571) 606 -7676, Ext. 1690  
E-mail: drico@mincit.gov.co  
Website:  http://www.mincit.gov.co/publicaciones.php?id=33051