. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/154 
21 September 2010 
 (10-4768) 
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, Dirección de Regulación (Ministry of Commerce, Industry 
and Tourism, Regulation Department) 
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):   Vegetable and animal 
oils and fats. 
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 que deben cumplir los aceites y grasas de origen vegetal o 
animal que se procesen, enva sen, almacenen, transporten, exporten, importen y/o 
comercialicen en el país, destinados para el consumo humano y se dictan otras 
disposiciones" (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Social Welfare establishing technical 
regulations on the requirements to be met by vegetable and animal oils and fats for human 
consumption that are processed, packaged, stor ed, transported, exported, imported and/or 
marketed in Colombia, and issuing other provisions) (32 pages, in  Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified text sets forth technical regulations on the 
requirements to be met by vegetable and animal  oils and fats for human consumption that 
are processed, packaged, stored, transporte d, exported, imported and/or marketed in 
Colombia.  It covers the following:  Purpose;  scope;  definitions;  mandatory registration;  
basic hygiene requirements;  certification of compliance;  quality assurance and control;  
general and specific requirements for oils and fa ts;  physico-chemical requirements for oils;  
quality characteristics for oils;  fatty acid prof ile;  physico-chemical requirements for fats;  
microbiological requirements for fats;  oil and fat contaminants;  prohibitions;  packing and packaging;  shelf life, labelling and marking;  st orage, transport and marketing;  heated oils;  
import requirements for oils and fats;  trace ability;  inspection, monitoring and control, 
safety measures and penalties. G/TBT/N/COL/154 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To protect health and prevent prac tices likely to mislead consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law No. 09 of 1979, Decree No. 3075 of 1997, Decree No. 60 of 
2002, Decree No. 205 of 2003, Resolution No. 5109 of 29 December 2005 notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/69/Add.1, and Reso lution No. 2906 of 22 August 2007 notified 
in document G/TBT/N/COL/101. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Six months from the date of publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   6 December 2010 
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. E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co
;  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co  
Tel.: (+57-1) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (+57-1) 606 4777  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 
The text is available online at:  https://servicios.vuce.gov.co/puntocon/
  and at 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/COL/10_3453_00_s.pdf