. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/65 
2 June 2005 
 (05-2257) 
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:   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:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 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):   Products which, without 
meeting or satisfying the requirements laid down for the definition of food products, 
medicines, phytotherapeutic products or pha rmaceutical preparations based on natural 
resources, or alcoholic beverages, contain el ements or compounds which may be aids to 
maintaining the metabolic processes of the orga nism and which contain ingredients such as 
vitamins, proteins, fibre, minerals, natural pr oducts, carbohydrates, amino acids, fatty acids, 
plants, herbs or algae, among others. 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree 
Regulating the Manufacture, Marketing, Pack aging, Marking or Labelling, Sanitary 
Registration, Quality Control, Sanitary Surve illance and Sanitary Control of Products Used 
for Specific Purposes, and Setting forth Other Provisions (21 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Purpose, scope, definitions, manufacturing requirements, 
marketing, forms of presentation, declarati ons of nutritional and health properties, 
certificate of good manufacturing practice, sanitary registration, packaging, marking or labelling, advertising, system of sanitary su rveillance and control, sanitary safety measures, 
procedures and penalties. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Protect human health and safety and prevent practices likely to mislead consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law No.  09 of 1979 and Article 245 of Law No. 100 of 1993 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   5 September 2005 
Six (6) months after the date of publication in the 
Official Journal G/TBT/N/COL/65 
Page 2  
 
 10. Final date for comments:   31 August 2005 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ]  
Enquiry Point: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R.  E-mail: danielrico@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, cuarto piso 
Bogotá, D.C. 
COLOMBIA 
Tel.: (+571) 241 0478 
Web page:  http://www.mincomercio.gov.co/VBeCont ent/NewsDetail.asp? ID=2197&IDCompany=15 
or address, telephone and fax numbers, e-ma il and web-site addresses, if available of 
the other body:        
Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Pública Carrera 13 No 32 – 76 
Bogotá, D. C. 
COLOMBIA 
E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co 
Tel.: (+571) 336 5066,  Fax: (+571) 336 0182 
Web site: www.minsalud.gov.co