. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/90 
16 March 2007 
 (07-1108) 
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 [    ], 2.10.1 [ X  ], 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):   Fish, molluscs and 
crustaceans (HS:03) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Resolución No. 0670 
del 9 de Marzo de 2007 del Minist erio de la Protección Social “P or la cual se establece el 
reglamento técnico de emergencia sobre los requisitos fisic oquímicos y microbiológicos que 
deben cumplir los productos de la pesca, en particular pescados, moluscos y crustáceos para 
el consumo humano” (Resolution No. 0670 of 9 March 2007 of the Ministry of Social 
Welfare issuing the emergency technical regulation on the physico-chemical and 
microbiological requirements for fishery products, in particular fish, molluscs and 
crustaceans for human consumption) (9 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Purpose;  scope;  definitions;  species;  general requirements; 
physico-chemical requirements;  microbiological requirements;  labelling;  packaging;  sanitary requirements for exportation;  inspec tion,  monitoring and control;  conformity 
assessment;  review and updating;  notification and period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 The use of additives and presence of cont aminants in fishery products and by-
products is a potential risk to human health.  Current scientific, clinical and epidemiological 
evidence reveals the serious adverse effects on human health of the consumption of fishery 
products and by-products which contain additives and/or chemical contaminants exceeding 
the maximum authorized levels. 
8. Relevant documents:   Article 564 of Law No. 09 of 1979 and Decree No. 3075 of 1997 G/TBT/N/COL/90 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  9 March 2007 
As from the date of publication in the Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and web site addresses, if available, of other body:  
Enquiry Point : 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Tel.: (+571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (+571) 241-0480 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co
 
 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 Salud Pública Grupo de Promoción y Prevención Carrera 13 No. 32-76 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: (+571) 330-5000, exts 1440 to 1445 
Fax:  (+571) 330-5050 E-mail:  bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co
 
Web site: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co