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G/SPS/N/COL/234 
4 April 2012 
 (12-1746) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food containing added nutrients 
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 establece el reglamento técnico sobre alimentos para 
consumo humano adicionados con nutrientes esenciales"  (Draft Ministry of Health and 
Social Welfare Resolution "Establishing th e technical regulation on food for human 
consumption containing added essential nutrients") Language(s):  Spanish Number of 
pages:  15 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/COL/12_1147_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  
Scope;  Definitions;  General principles for a dding nutrients to food;  Essential nutrients;  
Prohibitions;  Specific requirements;  Labelling;  Control systems;  Inspection, monitoring, 
control and penalties;  Review and updating;   Notification and period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  G/SPS/N/COL/234 
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  [X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international 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:  Law No. 09 
of 24 January 1979;  Law No. 1122 of 2007;  Decree No. 3075 of 23 December 1997;  and 
Ministry of Social Welfare Resolutions No. 5109 of 29 December 2005 and No. 333 of 10 February 2011, as notified in doc uments G/SPS/N/COL/102/Add.1 and 
G/SPS/N/COL/124/Add.5 respectively (available in Spanish). 
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) :  15 months from date of publication in the Official Journal. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  26 June 2012 
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 Salud y Protección Social 
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@minproteccionsocial.gov.co Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co/  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Tel.: (+57) 1 606 7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (+57) 1 606 4777 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co  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