. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/123 
18 December 2008 
 (08-6217) 
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 and 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:  
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):   Meat of animals of the 
Crocodylia order (crocodiles, caymans) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por la cual se establece el reglamento 
técnico sobre los requisitos sanitarios y de inocuidad de la carne proveniente del orden 
Crocodylia destinada para el consumo humano y las disposic iones para su beneficio, 
desposte, almacenamiento, comercializaci ón, expendio, transporte, importación o 
exportación" (Draft Ministry of Social Welfare Resolution "establishing technical 
regulations on the health and safety requirements for meat for human consumption from 
animals of the Crocodylia order and provisions  on the slaughter of such animals and the 
cutting, storage, marketing, sale, transportati on, importation and exportation of their meat") 
(64 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution establishes the sanitary 
requirements to be met by establishments that process, package, transport, sell, import, export and market meat for human consumption from animals of the Crocodylia order.  It 
covers the following:  purpose;  scope;  definitions;  slaughterhouses and butchering establishments;  storage, sale and transportati on;  inspection, monitoring and control;  
safety measures and penalties;  notif ication and period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
 
 To protect life and health and prevent practices liable to mislead consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law No. 09 of 1979, Decree No. 205 of 2003, Decree No. 1500 of 
2007, notified in documents G/TBT/N/CO L/82/Add.1 and G/SPS/N/COL/125/Add.1, 
Decree No. 4126 of 2005 and Resolution No. 1164 of 2002. G/TBT/N/COL/123 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Six months after the date of publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   15 March 2009 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web site addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.: +(571) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(571) 241 0480 
 
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