. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/150 
3 June 2010 
 (10-3080) 
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, 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):   Materials, objects, 
containers and equipment of enamelled or glazed glass or ceramics, whether domestically 
manufactured or imported, intended to come into contact with food and beverages for 
human consumption. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por medio de la cual se establece el reglamento técnico sobre los requisitos que de ben cumplir los materiales, objetos, envases 
y equipamientos de vidrios y cerámicas desti nados a estar en contacto con alimentos y 
bebidas para consumo humano"  (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Social Welfare 
"Establishing the Technical Regulation on the requirements to be met by materials, objects, containers and equipment of glass or ceramics intended to come into contact with food and beverages for human consumption") (6 pages, in  Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  Good manufacturing practices;  
General requirements;  Prohibitio ns;  Total and specific migration limits for containers and 
equipment of ceramics or glass with an enam el or glaze coating on the surface that comes 
into contact with food;  Sp ecific lead (Pb) migration limits for crystal objects and 
equipment;  Verification of compliance with total and specific migration limits;  Inspection, 
monitoring and control;  Inspection visits;  Conformity assessment;  Review and updating;  
Notification and Period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and prevention of  practices likely to mislead consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law ( Ley) No. 09 of 1979, Law No. 100 of 1993, Law No. 715 of 
2001 and Law No. 1122 of 2007 (available in Spanish). G/TBT/N/COL/150 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Resolution is signed 
Six months as from the date of publication in 
the Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   27 August 2010 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
Enquiry Point: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. Tel.: +(571) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(571) 606 4777 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co and Pu ntocontactotc-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.: +(571) 606 4775 Website: https://servicios.vuce.gov.co/puntocon/  Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Pública 
Grupo de Salud Ambiental Carrera 13 N° 32 - 76 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 330 5000, Ext. 1266 Fax: +(571) 330 5050 
E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co 
Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co/
 
 Text also available online at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/col/10_2273_00_s.pdf