. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/170/Add.1 
14 July 2010 
 (10-3831) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 12 July 2010, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of Colombia
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Draft Technical Regulation on the health and labe lling requirements to be met by chocolate and 
chocolate products for human consumption  
 The Republic of Colombia hereby notifies that amendments have been made to the content 
of the draft Ministry of Social Welfare Resoluti on "Establishing technical regulations on the health 
requirements to be met by chocolate and chocol ate products for human consumption which are 
processed, packaged, transported, marketed or so ld in, imported into or exported from Colombian 
national territory", notified on 25 May 2009 by the World Trade Organization in document G/SPS/N/COL/170. 
 Text available at: 
 http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/sps/COL/10_2756_00_s.pdf
 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation [X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation [ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication, or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other: 
 
Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure in 
terms of products and/or potentially affected  Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments 
should be provided, normally of at least 60 cale ndar days.  Under other circumstances, such as 
extension of originally announced final date fo r comments, the comment period provided in the 
addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  9 September 2010 G/SPS/N/COL/170/Add.1 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Servicio Nacional de Información
 
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 Fax: +(57 1) 606-4777 
or 
Ministerio de la Protección Social
 
Dirección General de Salud Pública 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/
 
Text available from:  [X] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
 
Enquiry Point: Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.: +(57 1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(57 1) 606-4777 Website: https://servicios.vuce.gov.co/puntocon/
 
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