. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/136 
2 April 2007 
 (07-1351) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Fish, molluscs and crustaceans (0300.00.00)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Trading partners of Colombia 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución 
del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por la cual se establece el reglamento técnico 
sobre los requisitos fisicoquímicos y microbiol ógicos que deben cumplir los productos de 
la pesca, en particular pescados, molusco s y crustáceos para el consumo humano"  (Draft 
Resolution of the Ministry of Social Welf are issuing the technical regulation on the 
physico-chemical and microbiological requirement s for fishery products, in particular fish, 
molluscs and crustaceans for human cons umption) (9 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Purpose;  scope;  definitions; species;  general requirements;  
physico-chemical requirements;  microbiologi cal requirements;  labelling;  packaging;  
sanitary requirements for exportation;  insp ection, monitoring and control;  conformity 
assessment;  review and updating;  notification and period of validity. 
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: 
[  ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [  ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), 
[  ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Article 564 of Law 
No. 09 of 1979, Decree No. 3075 of 1997 and Resolution No. 0670 of 9 March 2007 of the Ministry of Social Welfare, notified in document G/SPS/N/COL/135 (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   The date on which the Resolution is signed. G/SPS/N/COL/136 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Six (6) months as from the date of publication in the 
Official Journal. 
12. Final date for comments:   28 June 2007 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, 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 
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.: +(571) 330-5000, Exts. 1440 to 1445 Fax: +(571) 330-5050 
Web site:  www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] Na tional enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E mail ad dress (if available) of other body: 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 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