. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/81 
12 December 2006 
 
 (06-5944) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
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:    
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):   Pre-packaged food for 
human consumption 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por la cual se establece el reglamento 
técnico sobre requisitos de rotulado o eti quetado nutricional que deben cumplir los 
alimentos envasados para consumo humano"   (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Social 
Welfare establishing the Technical Regulation on the nutrition labelling requirements for 
pre-packaged food for human consumption) (51 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified text establishes the nutrition labelling requirements 
for pre-packaged food for human consumpti on;  Purpose and scope of application; 
Definitions;  Scope of nutrition labelling;  Nu trient content claims;  Nutrient reference 
values;  Nutrition claims;  Health claims;  Nutrition Facts Label requirements and formats; Serving size (reference amount customarily cons umed);  Monitoring, control, penalties and 
final procedures. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Prevention of practices likely to mislead consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Ministry of Health Resolutions No. 11488 of 1984 and No. 1618 
of 1991. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Six (6) months as from the date of publication in the Official Journal. G/TBT/N/COL/81 
Page 2  
 
  10. Final date for comments:   7 March 2007 
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. 
Tel: (+571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (+571) 241-0480 
E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co  
 Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel: (+571) 241-0478 Website: http:  //secgen.c omunidadandina.org/sirt 
 
Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Publica 
Grupo de Promoción y Prevención 
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
 
Website: http:  //www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co