. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/128 
12 February 2007 
 
 (07-0592) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de la Protección Social  (Ministry of 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):  Land snails  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Colombia's trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución 
del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por la cual se establece el reglamento técnico sobre los requisitos sanitarios que deben cumplir los establecimientos de procesamiento de 
caracoles de tierra y caracoles destinados para el consumo humano"  (Draft Ministry of 
Social Welfare Resolution "Establishing technical regulations on the sanitary requirements 
for establishments processing land snails and snails destined for human consumption") 
(6 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Resolution sets forth the sanitary requirements for 
establishments that process, package, transpor t, sell, import, export and market snails 
destined for human consumption.  It also  establishes the following:  purpose;  scope; 
definitions;  sanitary requirements for snail processing establishments;  general requirements for snails;  microbiological requirements for snails;  conformity assessment; 
surveillance, control and penalties;  a nd notification and period of validity.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests        
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X  ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:        G/SPS/N/COL/128 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Law 1011 of 2006 , 
Decree No. 3075 of 1997 and Resolution No. 5109 of 2005 of the Ministry of Social 
Welfare (available in Spanish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Date on which the Resolution is signed  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Six (6) months following the date of publication in the 
Official Journal  
12. Final date for comments:  8 May 2007  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:        
Servicio Nacional de Información (National Enquiry Point) 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso Tel.:  (571) 2410478 Fax:  (571) 2410480 
 
or  Ministerio de la Protección Social Dirección General de Salud Pública 
Grupo de Promoción y Prevención 
Carrera 13 No. 32 – 76 Bogotá, D. C. Colombia Tel.:  PBX: 330 5000, ext. 1440 to 1445 Fax:  (571) 3305050 
Web site:  www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co  
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point, 
or 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. 
E-mail:  drico@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.:  (571) 6067676, ext. 1690 
Fax:  (571) 2410480 
Web site:  http://www.mincomercio.gov.co