. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/103 
6 September 2005 
 (05-3885) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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):  Panela – unrefined brown cane sugar (17.01.11.10.00) 
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 sanitarios que se deben cumplir en la producción y comercialización 
de la panela para consumo humano y se dictan otras disposiciones"  (Draft Ministry of 
Social Welfare Resolution establishing technical regulations on the sanitary requirements 
for the production and marketing of panela  cane sugar for human consumption and 
adopting other provisions) (14 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Purpose;  scope of application;  definitions;  general conditions for 
panela cane sugar;  physico-chemical require ments; prohibitions;  production of panela 
cane sugar from unrefined molasses;  sanitary  conditions of sugar mills and storage 
facilities for unrefined molasses;  packing, p ackaging, labelling, repackaging, storage, 
distribution, transport and marketing;  exportation of panela cane sugar, sanitary 
registration and surveillance; inspection, monitoring, control, safety measures and 
penalties;  conformity assessment and certification;  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, gu ideline or recommendation:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE),  [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [] 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:   Decree No. 3075 of 
1997 and Resolution No. 2546 of 6 August 2004,  notified in docume nt G/SPS/N/COL/90 (in 
Spanish).  G/SPS/N/COL/103 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:   Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
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:   2 December 2005 
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:  
Servicio Nacional de Información  (National Enquiry Point): 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, cuarto piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: (+571) 241-0478 
or 
Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Publica 
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
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] 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, cuarto piso  
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Enquiry Point
:  
Contact person :  Daniel Héctor Rico R.  
E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co  
Tel.: (+571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (+571) 241-0480 Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co