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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/105/Rev.11 
22 February 2007 
 (07-0752) 
Committee on Sanitary and  
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision  
 
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) - 
Dirección de Salud Publica  (Department of Public Health) 
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):  Bovine animals, buffalo, swine, hors es, sheep, goats, poultry, rabbits and 
guinea pigs (tariff subheading 0201.10.00)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Trading partners of Colombia  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proyecto de Decreto del 
Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por el cual se establecen los requisitos sanitarios que 
se deben cumplir en las plantas de beneficio  de animales de abasto público para consumo 
humano y se dictan otras disposiciones"   (Draft Decree of the Ministry of Social Welfare 
establishing the sanitary requirements for sla ughter and processing plants for animals for 
human consumption and adopting other pr ovisions)  (36 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  This notified draft Decree covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope 
of application;  Definitions;  Location, d esign, construction, e quipment and tools of 
slaughter and processing plants for animals for human consumption;  Sites and facilities of 
slaughter and processing plants for animals for human consumption;  Meat handlers, 
hygienic practices and protection measures;  Storage, preservation, transport, sale, import and export of meat of animals for human consumption;  Inspection;  Quality assurance system;  Sanitary surveillance and control sy stem, sanitary safety measures, procedures and 
penalties.  
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   
                                                      
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  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. 99 of 1993;  Law No. 768 of 2002; D ecree No. 475 of 1998 and Decree No. 60 of 
2002 (available in Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Upon publication in the Official Journal.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Six (6) months as from the date of publication in the 
Official Journal.  
12. Final date for comments:  18 April 2006  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
National Enquiry Point:  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación   
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: (+571) 241-0480 
or  
Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Pública Carrera 13 No 32 - 76 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.:  (+571) 336-5066,  
Fax:  (+571) 336-0182 
E-mail:  bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co
 
Web site: www.minsalud.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 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Enquiry Point
: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R.  Tel.: (+571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: (+571) 241-0480 
E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co
  
Web site: www.mincomercio.gov.co