. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/112 
14 March 2008 
 (08-1174) 
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 website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Ministerio de 
Comercio, Industria y Turismo  (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism) 
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):   Raw materials for food 
and food for human consumption. 
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 reglamentan los 
procedimientos para garantizar la trazabilidad de las materias primas y los alimentos para 
consumo humano" (Draft Ministry of Social Welfare Resolution regulating the procedures 
for ensuring the traceability of raw materials and food for human consumption) (4 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  Purpose;  scope; definitions;  traceability;  traceability 
programme;  information registers;  length of  time for which information registers are kept; 
inspection, monitoring, control and period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
 
 Protection of human health and prevention of practices likely to mislead consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law No. 09 of 1979, Law No. 715 of 2001, Article 34(b) and (c) of 
Law No. 1122 of 2007, Decree No. 3075 of 1997, and Ministry of Social Welfare Resolution No. 5109 of 29 December 2005, notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/69/Add.1. 
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:   12 June 2008 
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  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 Salud Ambiental Carrera 13 No. 32-76 Bogotá, D. C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 330 5000, Ext. 1440 to 1445 
Fax: +(571) 330 5050 
E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co Web site: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co