. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/97 
17 August 2007 
 (07-3472) 
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):   Food additives 
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 
sobre los requisitos que deben cumplir los aditiv os alimentarios que se fabriquen, procesen, 
envasen, almacenen, transporten, expendan, im porten, exporten, comercialicen y se 
empleen en la elaboración de alimentos para consumo humano en el territorio naciona"  
(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, 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 consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   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 System for Food Additives (INS) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. G/TBT/N/COL/97 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   Date on which the Decree is signed 
Proposed date of entry into force: Six months after the date of publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   10 November 2007 
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. 
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 Web site: http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/sirt 
 
Ministerio de la Protección Social Dirección General de Salud Pública Grupo de Promoción y Prevención 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