. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/87 
22 February 2007 
 (07-0747) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de la Protección Social  (Ministry of Social Welfare) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site 
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 [ X  ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Vinegar for human 
consumption. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) 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 debe cumplir el vinagre para consumo humano" 
(Draft Ministry of Social Welfare Resolution "Establishing technical regulations on the 
sanitary requirements for vinegar for human consumption") (9 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Sanitary requirements for estab lishments that process, package, 
transport, sell, import, export a nd market vinegar for human cons umption;  Purpose;  Scope;  
Basic hygiene requirements;  Names;  Perm itted/prohibited practices;  Raw materials and 
ingredients;  General conditions applicable to  vinegar;  Additives;  Physico-chemical 
requirements;  Vinegars not suitable for hum an consumption;  Packaging and labelling; 
Inspection, surveillance, control, safety measures and penalties. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Protection of human health and safety and prevention of practices likely to mislead 
consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Decree No. 3075 of 1997 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Six (6) months following the date of publication 
in the Official Journal. G/TBT/N/COL/87 
Page 2  
 
  10. Final date for comments:   22 May 2007 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site add resses, if available, of other body:  
Enquiry point: 
 Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.: (+571) 606 7676, ext. 1690 Fax: (+571) 241 0480  Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C. Colombia  Tel.: (+571) 241 0478 
Web site:   http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/sirt 
 Ministerio de la Protección Social Dirección General de Calidad de Servicios  Carrera 13 No. 32 - 76 
Bogotá, D.C. 
Colombia  E-mail:  bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co Tel.:  (+571) 330 5000, ext. 1428 Fax:  (+571) 330 5050 
Web site:   http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co