. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/159 
22 September 2008 
 (08-4442) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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):  Energy drinks 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affect ed, to the extent relevant or practicable:
 
 Trading partners of Colombia  
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 que deben cumplir las bebidas energizantes para consumo humano"  (Draft 
Resolution of the Ministry of Social Welfar e "Issuing the Technical Regulation laying down 
the requirements to be met by energy dr inks for human consumption") (7 pages, 
in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose; 
Scope;  Definitions;  Sanitary requirements  for energy-drink processing establishments; 
General requirements for energy drinks;  Requirements and prohibitions;  Labelling, 
marking and advertising;  Quality assurance and control;  Sanitary registration, inspection, 
monitoring and control.  
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: 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Law No. 09 of 1979, 
Law No. 1122 of 2007 and  Decree No. 3075 of 1997 (available in Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Date on which the Resolution is signed  G/SPS/N/COL/159 
Page 2  
 
  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Six (6) months after the date of publication in the 
Official Journal.  
12. Final date for comments:  18 December 2008 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Enquiry Point  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 13A-15, tercer piso Tel.: +(571) 241-0478 Fax: +(571) 241-0480 
or 
Ministerio de la Protección Social
 
Dirección General de Salud Pública Grupo de Salud Ambiental 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  
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] 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. 
Tel.: +(571) 606-7676, Ext. 31690 
Fax: +(571) 241-0480 E-mail:  drico@mincomercio.gov.co
 
Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co