. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/133 
16 July 2009 
 (09-3484) 
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:   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):   Honey 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección Socia l "Por la cual se establece el reglamento 
técnico sobre los requisitos sanitarios que de be cumplir la miel de abejas para consumo 
humano" (Draft Ministry of Social Welfare Resolution "Establishing the Technical 
Regulation on the sanitary requirements to be met by natural honey for human consumption") (9 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Resolution covers the following: 
Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  General require ments for natural honey;  Grading of honey;  
Physico-chemical and microbiological requireme nts;  Prohibitions;  Sanitary requirements 
for natural honey extraction;  Packaging and labelling;  Inspection, monitoring, control, safety measures and penalties. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protect and prevent possible harm to human h ealth and prevent practices likely to mislead 
consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law ( Ley) No. 09 of 1979, Law No. 715 of 2001, Law No. 1122 of 
2007, Decree ( Decreto ) No. 3075 of 1997 and Resolution ( Resolución ) No. 5109 of 
29 December 2005, notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/69/Add.1. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Six months' validity following publication in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   8 October 2009 G/TBT/N/COL/133 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] 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: drico@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.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 Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co