. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/COL/227 
15 September 2011  
 
(11-4447) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  COLOMBIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de la Protección Social  (Ministry of Social Welfare) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food, raw materials and inputs for human consumption 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners 
[ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Decreto del Ministerio de la Protección 
Social "Por el cual se modifican los Títu los X Importaciones y XI Exportaciones del 
Decreto 3075 de 1997 y el Decreto 1175 de 2003"  (Draft Decree of the Ministry of Social 
Welfare "amending Chapter X on imports and Ch apter XI on exports of Decree No. 3075 
of 1997, and Decree No. 1175 of 2003") Language(s):   Spanish  Number of pages:   20 
Text available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/COL/11_2969_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:   The notified document covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  
Definitions;  General principles;  Type of checks carried out during inspection;  Control procedure information system;  Import cont rol;  Requirements to be met prior to 
importation;  Inspection, certification and c ontrol;  Sanitary inspection and certification 
procedures at entry points;  Export control;  Administrative provisions;  Final provisions;  Review and updating;  Notificati on;  and Period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  G/SPS/N/COL/227 
Page 2  
 
   [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: 
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Law No. 9 
of 24 January 1979, Decree No. 3075 of 23 December 1997 and Decree No. 1175 of 
10 May 2003 (available in Spanish) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Date on which the Decree is signed 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Date of publication in the Official Journal 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Date of publication in the Official Journal 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  14 December 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.   Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body: 
Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Pública Carrera 13 N° 32 - 76 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(57-1) 330 5000, Ext. 1266 
Fax: +(57-1) 330 5050, Ext. 1280 
E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co/  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Tel.: +(57-1) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(57-1) 606 4777 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co 
 Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(57-1) 606 4775