. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/131 
26 May 2009 
 (09-2532) 
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  (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):   Chocolate and chocolate 
products 
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 sanitarios que debe cumplir el chocolate y productos de 
chocolate para consumo humano, que se proc ese, envase, transporte, comercialice, 
expenda, importe o exporte en el territorio nacional" (Draft Ministry of Social Welfare 
Resolution "Establishing technical regulations on the health requirements to be met by chocolate and chocolate products for human c onsumption which are processed, packaged, 
transported, marketed or sold in, importe d into or exported from Colombian national 
territory") (12 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  
Definitions;  Basic hygiene requirements;  Cl assification;  Raw materials;  General 
requirements for table chocolate, chocol ate and chocolate substitutes for direct 
consumption;  Physico-chemical and microbi ological requirements;  Maximum pesticide 
limits for table chocolate, chocolate and choc olate substitutes;  Prohibitions;  Packaging 
and labelling;  Requirements for the importa tion of chocolate and chocolate products;  
Inspection, monitoring and control, safety me asures, penalties, notification and period of 
validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protect and prevent possible harm to human h ealth and prevent practices likely to mislead 
consumers. G/TBT/N/COL/131 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Law No. 09 of 1979, Law No. 1122 of 2007, Decree No. 3075 of 
1997, Resolution No. 5109 of 29 December 2005, notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/69/Add.1, and Resolution No. 2906 of 22 August 2007, notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/101 (available in Spanish). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Nine months' validity following publication in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   19 August 2009 
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. Tel.: (+571) 606-7676, ext. 1690 
Fax: (+571) 241-0480 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co
 
 Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+571) 241-0478 Website: 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, ext. 1428 
Fax: +(571) 330-5050 E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co