WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/189 
9 April 2010 
 (10-1848) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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):  Materials, objects, packaging and equipm ent of plastic or elastomer, whether 
domestically manufactured or imported, that come into contact with food and alcoholic 
beverages for human consumption and the raw ma terials found in such food and beverages.  
Also, plastic compounds and compounds of two or more layers of material. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or 
[ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección 
Social "Por medio de la cual se establece el reglamento técnico sobre los requisitos 
sanitarios que deben cumplir los materiales,  objetos, envases y equipamientos plásticos y 
elastoméricos y sus aditivos, destinados a entr ar en contacto con alimentos y bebidas 
alcohólicas para consumo humano " (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Social Welfare 
"establishing technical regulations on sanitary  requirements for plastic or elastomeric 
materials, objects, packaging and equipment and the additives found therein, that come into 
contact with food and alcoholic beverages for human consumption")  Language:  Spanish 
Number of pages:  11 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/COL/10_1416_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  scope;  
definitions;  positive list of authorized s ubstances;  maximum composition and specific 
migration limits;  specific migration limits;  total or global migration limits;  total migration 
limit in plastic or elastomeric materials, objects, packaging and equipment that come into contact with food for infants and children;  an alytical tolerances of total migration limits;  
verification of compliance with total migrati on limits;  maximum permissible levels of 
heavy metals;  colouring matter and pigments;  prohibitions;  restrictions applicable to 
N-nitrosamines, N-nitrosatable substances and aromatic amines in elastomeric materials;  ban on the recycling of post-industrial plastic  materials, industrial plastic waste and 
post-consumption plastic materials;  ban on the re -use of plastic packaging;  total migration 
and specific migrations of repeatedly used pl astic packaging and articles;  establishments 
selling materials, objects, packaging and equipment;  inspection, monitoring and control;  
inspection visits;  conformity assessment;  review  and updating;  notifi cation;  period of 
validity and derogations. G/SPS/N/COL/189 
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  7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [X] 
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:  
[ ] 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)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[X] 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. 09 
of 1979;  Article 245 of Law No. 100 of 1993 an d Article 34(a) of Law No. 1122 of 2007;  
European Commission Directives 2002/72/EC of 6 August 2002, 2004/1/EC, 2004/19/EC, 
2005/79/EC, 2007/19/EC and 2008/39/EC;  MERCOSUR Common Market Group (GMC) Resolutions No. 54/97 " Reglamento técnico MERCOSUR sobre envases y equipamientos 
elastoméricos destinados a entrar en contacto con alimentos " (MERCOSUR Technical 
Regulation on elastomeric packaging and equipment in contact with food) and No. 28/99 
"Reglamento técnico MERCOSUR sobre lista positiva para envases y equipamientos 
elastoméricos en contacto con alimentos " (MERCOSUR Technical Regulation setting forth 
positive lists for elastomeric packaging and equipment in contact with food). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Once the Resolution is signed. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Nine (9) months from 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) :  6 July 2010 
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:  
Servicio Nacional de Información  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 No. 13A – 15, tercer piso 
Tel.:  +(57 1) 606 4775 
Fax:  +(57 1) 606 4777 
  G/SPS/N/COL/189 
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  or 
Ministerio de la Protección Social  
Dirección General de Salud Pública Grupo de Salud Ambiental Carrera 13 No. 32-76 
Bogotá D.C., Colombia 
 Tel.: +(57 1) 330 5000, Ext. 1266 Fax: +(57 1) 330 5050 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: 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 No. 13A – 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  
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 
Website:  https://servicios.vuce.gov.co/puntoc/vern.php