. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/COL/165 
18 November 2011  
 (11-5928) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   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 [X], 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):   Fishing vessels 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección Soc ial "Por el cual se establece el reglamento 
técnico sobre los requisitos sanitarios que deben cumplir las motonaves o buques 
dedicados a la captura, conge lamiento o procesamiento de productos de la pesca y se 
establece el procedimiento para la certificación del sistema HACCP en motonaves o buques pesqueros con destino a la Unión Europea (Draft Ministry of Social Welfare 
Resolution "Establishing the Technical Regulati on on the sanitary requirements to be met 
by vessels engaged in the harvesting, freez ing or processing of fishery products and 
establishing the procedure for obtaining HACCP system certification for fishing vessels destined for the European Uni on) (13 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  
Scope;  Definitions;  Hygiene requirements;  Structural and equipment requirements;  
Principles and implementation of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) 
system;  HACCP prerequisites and contents of the HACCP plan;  HACCP plan verification 
visit;  Procedures for obtaining certification;  Ce rtification of foreign-flag vessels;  Period 
of validity of certification;  Cancellation of cer tification;  Registration of vessels;  Updating 
of official lists of authorized vessels;  Cont rol of landing of fish;  Inspection, monitoring 
and control;  Samples for analysis;  Conf ormity assessment;  Review and updating;  
Notification;  and Period of validity.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and safety. G/TBT/N/COL/165 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Ley (Law) No. 09 of 24 January 1979, Law No. 1122 of 2007 and 
Decreto  (Decree) No. 3075 of 23 December 1997. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Resolution is signed 
Six months after publication in the 
Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   7 February 2012 
11. Texts available from:  Na tional enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and 
fax numbers and e-mail and website add resses, if available, of other body: 
Enquiry Point: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Tel.: +(57-1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(57-1) 606-4777 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  
 Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co  
 
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  
Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Pública Carrera 13 N° 32 - 76 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(57-1) 330-5000, Ext. 1266 
Fax: +(57-1) 330-5050, Ext. 1280 
E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co  
Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co  
Text also available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/COL/11_3744_00_s.pdf