. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/148 
12 May 2010 
 (10-2698) 
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:   Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and website 
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):   Metallic  materials, 
objects, containers and equipment, as well as thei r coatings and parts, intended to come into 
contact with food and beverages for human consumption and the manufacture, storage, 
marketing, distribution, sale, exportation and importation thereof. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por medio de la cual se establece el reglamento técnico sobre los requisitos que de ben cumplir los materiales, objetos, envases 
y equipamientos metálicos des tinados a entrar en contacto con alimentos y bebidas para 
consumo humano" (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Social Welfare "Establishing the 
Technical Regulation on the requirements to be met by metallic materials, objects, containers and equipment intended to come into contact with food and beverages for 
human consumption") (13 pages, in  Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  
Definitions;  Good manufacturing practices;  General requirements;  Permitted metallic 
materials;  Authorized metallic materials;  Requirements and prohibitions applicable to 
metallic containers and equipment whether or  not with a polymeric coating;  Metallic 
materials;  Tin cans without an internal coa ting of varnish;  Tin cans with an internal 
coating of varnish;  Containers of tin-free st eel (chromium-plated sheet metal);  Polymeric 
coatings for internal protection;  Polymeri c coatings;  Colouring matter and pigments;  
Sealing and hermetic-sealing compounds;  Ma nufacturing aids;  Authorized products and 
manufacturing aids;  Restrictions applicable to manufacturing aids;  Verification of 
compliance with total migration limits;  Total migration limits;  Analytical tolerances of 
total migration limits;  Prohibitions;  Types of  food and beverage that can be preserved in 
metallic containers;  Inspection, monitoring an d control;  Inspection visits;  Conformity 
assessment;  Review and updating;  Notification;   Period of validity;  Annexes 1 and 3:  
Positive lists of monomers;  and Annex 2:  Colouring matter and pigments in materials.  G/TBT/N/COL/148 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and prevention of  practices likely to mislead consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law ( Ley) No. 09 of 1979, Law No. 100 of 1993, Law No. 715 of 
2001 and Law No. 1122 of 2007 (available in Spanish). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed 
Six months as from the date of publication 
in the Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   6 August 2010 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:  
Enquiry Point : 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. Tel.:  +(571) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 Fax:  +(571) 606 4777 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co and Pu ntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.:  +(571) 606 4775 
Website:  http://www.vuce.gov.co/
 
 Ministerio de la Protección Social Dirección General de Salud Pública Grupo de Salud Ambiental 
Carrera 13 N° 32 – 76 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.:  +(571) 330 5000, Ext. 1266 Fax:  +(571) 330 5050 E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co 
Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co/
 
 Text also available online at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/col/10_2064_00_s.pdf