. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/94 
10 May 2007 
 (07-1940) 
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 Commerce, Industry and Tourism) 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [    ], 2.10.1 [ X ], 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):   Fish, molluscs, 
crustaceans and aquaculture products for human consumption  (HS chapter 03) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Resolución Nº 0676  
del 9 de marzo de 2007 del Ministerio de la Pr otección Social "Por la cual se establece el 
reglamento técnico de emergencia a través de l cual se adopta el Plan Nacional de Control 
de Residuos de Medicamentos Veterinarios y otras Sustancias Químicas 2007 que deben 
cumplir los productos acuícolas para consum o humano y se dictan otras disposiciones"  
(Ministry of Social Welfare Resolution No. 0676 of 9 March 2007 issuing the emergency 
technical regulation that adopts the 2007 National Plan for the Monitoring of Residues of Veterinary Medicinal Products and Other Chem ical Substances, the requirements of which 
must be met by aquaculture products for human consumption, and setting forth other 
provisions)  (23 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   The notified Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope; 
Importation of aquaculture products;  Exporta tion of aquaculture products;  Substances 
subject to monitoring and residue limits;  S upervision and control;  Notification of alert 
situations;  Sanitary safety measures, procedur es and penalties;  Notification of Resolution;  
Period of validity, and the Technical Annex "N ational Plan for the Monitoring of Residues 
of Veterinary Medicinal Products and Ot her Chemical Substances for Aquaculture 
Products - 2007". 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 The use of veterinary medicinal products  and the presence of other contaminants in 
fishery and, in particular, aquaculture products pose a potential risk to human health. Current scientific, clinical and epidemiologi cal evidence highlights the serious adverse 
health effects of the consumption of fishery or  aquaculture products that contain veterinary 
medicinal products and chemical contaminan ts exceeding maximum authorized levels. G/TBT/N/COL/94 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Council Directive 96/23/EC 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    9 March 2007 
Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:    
Enquiry Point :  
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Tel.: (+571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: (+571) 241-0480 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co
 
 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 Promoción y Prevención Carrera 13 No. 32-76 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+571) 330-5000, Exts. 1440 to 1445 Fax:  (+571) 330-5050  
E-mail:  bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co 
Web site: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co