. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/COL/178 
2 July 2012 
 (12-3504) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   COLOMBIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social  (Ministry of Health and 
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 Commerce, 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):   Meat and edible meat 
products of poultry 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social "Por la cual se establecen los 
requisitos sanitarios que deben cumplir las pl antas especiales de beneficio de aves de 
corral"  (Draft Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Resolution "Establishing the sanitary 
requirements to be met by specialized poultry slaughter plants") (25 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution establishes the sanitary 
requirements to be met by specialized slaughter  plants for poultry for human consumption.  
It covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  Slaughter and processing plants;  
Sanitation standard operating procedures (SSOPs );  Preliminary sanitary inspection carried 
out on the farm;  Preliminary ante- and post-mortem inspection at the plant;  Official inspection of establishments engaged in the sl aughter of poultry;  Inspection, monitoring 
and control;  Safety measures and penalties;  Notification;  and Period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human life and health and the e nvironment and prevention of practices liable 
to mislead consumers. G/TBT/N/COL/178 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Decree ( Decreto ) No. 2676 of 22 December 2000 of the Ministry of 
the Environment;  Decree No. 1500 of 4 May 2007, notified in document 
G/TBT/N/COL/82/Add.1 of the Ministry of Social Welfare;  Resolution ( Resolución ) 
No. 1164 of 6 September 2002 of the Ministry of the Environment;  Resolution No. 2346 of 11 July 2007;  and Resolution No. 332 of 10 February 2011, notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/139/Add.1 of the Ministry of Social Welfare.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Date of publication in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   24 September 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body: 
Enquiry Point: 
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 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: (+57-1) 606-4775  Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social Dirección 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, Ext. 1280 E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co  
Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co  
 
Text also available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/COL/12_2462_00_s.pdf