. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/134 
6 March 2007 
 (07-0926) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Poultry and wild fowl  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Colombia's trading partners.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución 
del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por la  cual se establecen los requisitos para la 
inspección, vigilancia y control oficial, de  los establecimientos dedicados al beneficio, 
desprese, almacenamiento, expendio y el trans porte de la carne y productos cárnicos 
comestibles de aves de corral y silvestres"  (Draft Ministry of Social Welfare Resolution 
"Establishing requirements for the inspecti on, surveillance and official control of 
establishments engaged in the slaughter of pou ltry and wild fowl and the cutting, storage, 
sale and transport of the meat and edible meat  products thereof") (29 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Establishment of sanitary requirements to be met by 
establishments engaged in the slaughter of pou ltry and wild fowl and the cutting, storage, 
sale and transport of meat and edible m eat products thereof destined for human 
consumption;  Purpose;  Scope;  Definiti ons;  General standards;  Specific sanitary 
standards for slaughterhouses;  Safety assuran ce system;  Chemical residue and contaminant 
control;  Ante- and post-mortem inspection requi rements;  Requirements for the transport of 
meat and edible meat products;  Marketing of  the carcasses, parts thereof and edible meat 
products. 
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:        G/SPS/N/COL/134 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Decree No. 205 of 
2003 and Framework Decree (available in Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Date on which the Resolution is signed.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Six (6) months following the date of publication in the 
Official Journal.  
12. Final date for comments:  4 June 2007  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Información (National Enquiry Point) 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso Tel.:  (571) 2410478 Fax:  (571) 2410480 
 
or  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.: PBX: 330 5000, ext. 1440 to 1445 Fax: (571) 3305050 
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) 6067676, ext. 1690 
Fax: (571) 2410480 
Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co