. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/98 
6 June 2005 
 (05-2309) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Social Welfare  
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):  Products which, without meeting or sa tisfying the requirements laid down for 
the definition of food products, medicines, ph ytotherapeutic products or pharmaceutical 
preparations based on natural resources, or alcoholic beverages, contain elements or 
compounds which may be aids to maintaining th e metabolic processes of the organism and 
which contain ingredients such as vitamins, proteins, fibre, minerals, natural products, 
carbohydrates, amino acids, fatty acids, plants, herbs or algae, among others.  
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 :  Draft Decree Regulating 
the Manufacture, Marketing, Packaging, Mark ing or Labelling, Sanitary Registration, 
Quality Control, Sanitary Surveillance and Sa nitary Control of Products Used for Specific 
Purposes, and Setting Forth Other Provisi ons (available in Spanish, 21 pages)  
6. Description of content:  Purpose, scope, definitions, manufacturing requirements, 
marketing, forms of presentation, declarations  of nutritional and health qualities, certificate 
of good manufacturing practice, sanitary regi stration, packaging, marking or labelling, 
advertising, system of sanitary surveillance and control, sanitary safety measures, 
procedures and penalties.  
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests        
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 
and Article 245 of Law No. 100 of 1993  G/SPS/N/COL/98 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:  As from the date of publication in the Official Journal   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Six (6) months after the date of publication in the 
Official Journal  
12. Final date for comments:  31 August 2005 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Servicio Nacional de Información 
Ministerio Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 No.13A - 15, cuarto piso Tel.:  (571) 6067676 Ext. 1690 Fax:  (571) 2410478 
 
or  Ministerio de la Protección Social Dirección General de Calidad de Servicios Carrera 13 No 32 – 76 
Bogotá, D. C., Colombia 
E-mail:  bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co Tel.:  (571) 3365066, Fax:  (571) 3360182 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, cuarto piso  Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Enquiry Point:  Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R.  E-mail:  danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.:  (571) 6067676 Ext.1690 
Fax:  (571) 2410480 Web page:  http://www.mincomercio.gov.co