. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/155 
7 October 2010 
 (10-5114) 
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 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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Food for human 
consumption and raw materials used in th e production of food for human consumption 
which contain genetically m odified organisms (GMOs). 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección Socia l "Por el cual se adopta el reglamento 
técnico sobre requisitos para el etiquetado de alimentos e identificación de materias 
primas para el consumo hum ano que contengan Organismos Genéticamente Modificados y 
se dictan otras disposiciones" (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Social Welfare 
"Adopting the Technical Regulation on require ments for the labelling of food and the 
identification of raw materials for human cons umption which contain genetically modified 
organisms, and adopting other provisions") (5 pages, in  Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  
Scope;  Definitions;  Characteristics and labe lling requirements;  Additional information on 
unpackaged foods or raw materials which are or could contain GMOs;  Exemptions from 
food labelling requirements;  Guidelines on the labelling of GMO-derived food;  Monitoring at ports and border crossings;  Ta riff item numbers;  Monitoring and control;  
Review and updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
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, and Resolution ( Resolución ) No. 5109 of 
29 December 2005, as notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/69/Add.1. G/TBT/N/COL/155 
Page 2  
 
  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Six months after the date of publication in 
the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   3 January 2011 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:  
Enquiry Point : 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co
 and 
mailto: Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co  
Tel.: +(57-1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(57-1) 606-4777  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 Website: https://servicios.vuce.gov.co/puntocon/
 
 Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Pública 
Grupo de Salud Ambiental Carrera 13 N° 32 - 76 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(57-1) 330-5000, Ext. 1266 
Fax: +(57-1) 330-5050 
E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co
 
Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co/Paginas/default.aspx  
 Document available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/COL/10_3752_00_s.pdf