. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/COL/223 
19 July 2011 
 (11-3606) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  COLOMBIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministero 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):  Vegetables 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección 
Social "Por el cual se expide el Reglamento  Técnico sobre los requisitos sanitarios que 
deben cumplir las hortalizas que se pr ocesen, empaquen, transporten, importen y 
comercialicen en el territorio nacional"  (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Social Welfare 
"Issuing the Technical Regulation on sanitary requirements for vegetables that are processed, packaged, transported, imported a nd marketed in the national territory").  
Language(s):   Spanish  Number of pages:   8 
Text available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/COL/11_2300_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose; 
Scope;  Definitions;  Operationa l and production requirements;  Classification;  Additives;  
Requirements for pesticide residues;  Requi rements for contaminants;  Labelling;  
Inspection, monitoring and control;  Sanitary  registration of establishments;  Samples for 
analysis;  Conformity assessment;  Review and updating;  Notification;  Period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  G/SPS/N/COL/223 
Page 2  
 
   [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Decree 
No. 3075 of 1997, Ministry of Social Welfare Resolution No. 2906 of 22 August 2007, as notified in document G/SPS/N/COL/148, Ministry of Social Welfare Resolution No. 2195 of 11 June 2010, as notified in document G/SPS/N/COL/155/Add.1, Law No. 1122 of 2007 
and Article 410 of Law No. 09 of 1979 (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Date on which the Resolution is signed 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Date of publication in the Official Journal 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  14 October 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.   Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body: 
Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Pública Grupo de Promoción y Prevención 
Carrera 13 N°. 32 - 76 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(57-1) 330 5000, Ext. 1266 Fax: +(57-1) 330 5050 E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co 
Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co/  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Tel.: +(57-1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(57-1) 606-4777 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(57-1) 606-4775