. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/122 
8 December 2008 
 (08-5992) 
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 [  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):   Materials, objects, 
packaging and equipment that come into direct or indirect contact with food, alcoholic beverages and the basic raw materials f ound in food and alcoholic beverages. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección Soc ial "Por medio de la cual se establece el 
reglamento técnico sobre los requisitos que de ben cumplir los materiales, objetos, envases 
y equipamientos destinados a entrar en cont acto con alimentos y bebidas alcohólicas para 
consumo humano"  (Draft Ministry of Social Welfare Resolution "establishing technical 
regulations on the requirements for materials, objects, packaging and equipment that come 
into contact with food and alcoholic bevera ges for human consumption") (27 pages, in 
Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Purpose;  scope;  definitions;  requirements for and classification 
of the materials, objects, packaging and equipment that come into contact with food;  prohibitions;  recycling and reuse of mate rials, objects, packaging and equipment;  
substance authorization;  good manufacturing practices for industries producing materials, 
objects, packaging and equipment that come into contact with food;  identification of 
materials;  traceability;  inspection, monitoring,  control, safety measures and penalties;  and 
administrative procedures. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 To protect human health, preserve the sanitary, nutritional and sensory 
characteristics of foods and prevent practices liable to mislead consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law No. 09 of 1979, Article 34(a) of Law No. 1122 of 2007 and 
Decree No. 3075 of 1997. G/TBT/N/COL/122 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Nine months after the date of publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   2 March 2009 
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:  
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.: +(571) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(571) 241 0480 
 
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 Salud Ambiental 
Carrera 13 No. 32-76 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 330 5000, Ext. 1428 Fax:  +(571) 330 5050 E-mail:  bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co 
Web site: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co