. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/80 
1 December 2006 
 
 (06-5785) 
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 Web site 
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 Trade, 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):   Food supplements 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección Soc ial "Por medio de la cual se reglamenta el 
Decreto 3249 de 2006 y se dictan otras Disposiciones" (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of 
Social Welfare "Regulating Decree 3249 of 2006 and setting forth other provisions") 
(16 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions ;  Conditions governing labelling or 
marking;  Prohibitions on the use of declarations ;  Nutrient declaration;  Mandatory nutrient 
declaration;  Declaration of energy and nutrients;  Nutrition claims;  Classification of nutrition claims;  Established terms or descripto rs for claims relating to nutrient content; 
Conditions governing claims rela ting to nutrient content;  Health claims;  Classification of 
health claims;  Claims relating to nutrient functions;  Risk reduction claims;  Claims concerning other functions;  and Period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Prevention of practices likely to mislead the consumer. 
8. Relevant documents:   Decree No. 3249 of 18 September 2006, notified in document 
G/TBT/N/COL/65/Add.2. G/TBT/N/COL/80 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Six (6) months as from the date of publication in 
the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   27 February 2007 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site add resses, if available, of other body:  
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.: (+571) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (+571) 241 0480  Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación  
Tel.: (+571) 241 0478 
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C. Colombia 
Web site:  http://secgen.comunida dandina.org/sirt/public/index.aspx 
 
Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Calidad de Servicios Carrera 13 No 32 - 76 Bogotá, D.C. Colombia 
E-mail:  bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co 
Tel.:  (+571) 336 5066 Fax:  (+571) 336 0182 Web site: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co