. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/COL/168 
5 March 2012 
 (12-1220) 
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 Salud y Protección Social  (Ministry of Health and 
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:  
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Oils, fats and all 
packaged or wrapped foods. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social "Por la cual se establece el Reglamento Técnico sobre los requisitos que deben cumplir los alimentos envasados que 
contengan grasas trans y/o grasas saturadas"  (Draft Ministry of Health and Social Welfare 
Resolution "Establishing the Technical Regul ation on the requirements to be met by 
packaged foods containing trans and/or sat urated fats") (5 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  
Scope;  Exceptions;  Definitions;  Principles;  Requirements for foods containing trans fats 
and saturated fats;  Nutrition labelling and mark ing;  Inspection, monitoring, control and 
penalties;  Review and updating;  Disclosure of procedures;  Notification and period of 
validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To protect health and prevent practices likely to mislead, confuse or deceive consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law No. 09 of 24 January 1979;  Law No. 1122 of 2007;  
Decree No. 3075 of 23 December 1997;  Resolution No. 0333 of 10 February 2012;  and the First Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and Noncommunicable 
Disease (NCD) Control. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Resolution is signed 
Six months after date of publication in the 
Official Journal G/TBT/N/COL/168 
Page 2  
 
  10. Final date for comments:   29 May 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  
 mailto: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 Salud y Protección Social Dirección de Promoción y Prevención 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/2012/tbt/COL/12_0845_00_s.pdf