. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/146  
17 August 2007 
 (07-3469) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food additives  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affect ed, to the extent relevant or practicable:
 Trading partners of Colombia  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proyecto de Decreto del 
Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por el cual se establece el Reglamento Técnico sobre los requisitos que deben cumplir los aditivos  alimentarios que se fabriquen, procesen, 
envasen, almacenen, transporten, expendan, im porten, exporten, comercialicen y se 
empleen en la elaboración de alimentos par a consumo humano en el territorio nacional" 
(Draft Decree of the Ministry of Social Welfare "Establishing the Technical Regulation on the requirements for food additives which ar e manufactured, processed , packaged, stored, 
transported, sold, imported, exported, marketed and used in the production of food for human consumption in national terr itory") (11 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  Food additive safety;  Conditions 
for the use of food additives;  Good manufacturing practices for the use of food additives; Specifications for the identity and purity of food additives;  Carry-over of food additives into foods; Prohibition on the use of additives;  Food additive functional classes;  List of 
food additives;  Health provisions;  Good manufacturing practices;  Administrative 
procedures;  Inspection, monitoring, control, safety measures and penalties.  
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  International Numbering System for Food 
Additives (INS) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission  G/SPS/N/COL/146 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Law No. 09 of 1979, 
Law No. 715 of 2001, Article 34(b) and (c) of Law No. 1122 of 2007, Decree No. 2106 of 
1983,  Decree No.  3075 of 1997, Resolution No. 5109 of 2005 of the Ministry of Social 
Welfare, and the International Numbering Sy stem for Food Additives (INS) of the Codex 
Alimentarius Commission.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Date on which the Decree is signed.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Six (6) months after the date of publication in the 
Official Journal.  
12. Final date for comments:  10 November 2007  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
National Enquiry Point  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 Nº 13A – 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 241-0478 Fax: +(571) 241-0480 
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.: PBX: 330-5000, Exts. 1440 to 1445 
Fax: +(571) 330-5050 
Web site: www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co  
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry 
point, or 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  Tel.: +(571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(571) 241-0480 
Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co