. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/117 
16 September 2008 
 (08-4280) 
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 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 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):   Cleaning and 
disinfecting products 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Decreto 
del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por el cual se establece el reglamento técnico a través del cual se determinan los requisitos que  deben cumplir los productos  de limpieza y 
desinfección para la industria de alimen tos que se fabriquen, procesen, envasen, 
almacenen, transporten, expendan, importen, ex porten y comercialicen en el territorio 
nacional."  (Draft Decree of the Ministry of Social Welfare "Establishing the Technical 
Regulation on the requirements for cleaning a nd disinfecting products for the food industry 
that are manufactured, processed, packaged, st ored, transported, so ld, imported, exported 
and marketed in national territo ry") (26 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  Registration requirements for 
establishments;  Technical Manufacturing Standards (NTF) for cleaning and disinfecting products for the food industry;  Sanitary registration;  Direct and indirect food contact 
substances;  Labelling and packaging;  Adve rtising;  Quality;  Production, processing, 
fractionating, packaging, storage, sale, marke ting and transport of foodstuffs;  Inspection, 
monitoring, control;  Safety measures and penalties. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
 
 Protection of human life and health and pr evention of practices liable to mislead, 
confuse or deceive users. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law No. 09 of 1979, Code of Federal Regulation, Title 21 – Food 
and Drugs and/or European Parliame nt and Council Directive No. 98/8/EC G/TBT/N/COL/117 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Decree is signed 
Six months after the date of publication in the 
Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   3 December 2008 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web site addresses, if available of the other body: 
Enquiry Point : 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.: +(571) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(571) 241 0480 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 Nº 13A-15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C. – Colombia Tel.: +(571) 241 0478 Web page: http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/sirt 
Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Pública 
Grupo de Salud Ambiental 
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 
Web site: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co