. /. WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/COL/170 
4 April 2012 
 (12-1807) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   COLOMBIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social  (Ministry of Health and 
Social Welfare) 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, 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:  
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 app licable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Nutrient-added foods. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) 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 the 
technical regulation on foods for human consum ption containing added essential nutrients") 
(15 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  
Scope;  Definitions;  General principles for th e addition of nutrients to foods;  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, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To protect health and prevent practices li kely to mislead or deceive consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law No. 09 of 24 January 1979;  Law No. 1122 of 2007;  
Decree No. 3075 of 23 December 1997;  Resolution No. 5109 of 29 December 2005 and Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Reso lution No. 333 of 10 February 2011, as notified 
in documents G/TBT/N/COL/69/Add.1 and G/TBT/N/COL/81/Add.5, respectively. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Resolution is signed.
Fifteen (15) months after date of publication in the Official Journal. G/TBT/N/COL/170 
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  10. Final date for comments:   26 June 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
Enquiry Point: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Tel.: (+57) 1 606 7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (+57) 1 606 4777 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co;  
 mailto:Puntocontactotc-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.: (+57) 1 606 4775 
 
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: mailto:bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co  
Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co/  
 
Text also available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/COL/12_1145_00_s.pdf