. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/123 
30 November 2006 
 (06-5747) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
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):  Dietary supplements  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Colombia's trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución 
del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por medi o de la cual se reglamenta el Decreto 3249 
de 2006 y se dictan otras Disposiciones" (Draft resolution of the Ministry of Social Welfare 
"Regulating Decree 3249 of 2006 and Issuing ot her Provisions" (in Spanish, 16 pages).  
6. Description of content:  The draft Decree covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  
Definitions;  Labelling or marking requirements;  Prohibitions regarding use of declarations;  
Nutrient declaration;  Mandatory nutrient declar ation;  Declaration of energy and nutrients;  
Nutrition claims;  Classification of nutrition cl aims;  Terms or descriptors for claims 
regarding nutrient content;  Requirements for claims regarding nutrient content;  Health 
claims;  Classification of health claims;  Nutrient function claims;  Risk reduction claims;  Other function-related claims ;  Period of application.  
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X  ] 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. 3249 of 
18 September 2006, notified in document G/SPS/N/COL/98/Add.2.  G/SPS/N/COL/123 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  From the date of signing of the Resolution.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Six (6) months from the date of publication in the 
Diario Official (Official Journal).  
12. Final date for comments:  27 February 2007  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, 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, tercer piso Tel:  (571) 6067676 Ext. 1690 Fax:  (571) 2410480 
 
or  Ministerio de la Protección Social (Ministry of Social Welfare) Dirección General de Calidad de Servicios Carrera 13 No 32 – 76 
Bogotá, D. C., Colombia 
Tel.:  (571) 3365066, Fax:  (571) 3360182 Web site:  http://www.minproteccionsocial.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 (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism) 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  Enquiry Point
: 
Contact person :  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Email:  danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.:  (571) 606 7676 Ext.1690 
Fax:  (571) 241 0480 Web site:  http://www.mincomercio.gov.co