. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/148 
1 October 2007 
 (07-4132) 
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 Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural Development) and  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):  Food for human consumption and animal feed or fodder 
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:  Resolución Nº 2906 del 
22 de agosto de 2007 del Ministerio de la Pr otección Social "Por la cual se establecen los 
límites máximos de residuos de plaguicidas (LMR) en alimentos para consumo humano y en 
piensos o forrajes" (Resolution No. 2906 of 22 August 2007 of the Ministry of Social Welfare 
"Establishing the Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for pesticides in food for human 
consumption and in animal feed or fodder") (49  pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  Purpose;  Scope;  Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for pesticides in 
food for human consumption;  MRLs for pesticid es in animal feed or fodder;  Review and 
updating;  Period of validity and Derogations. 
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:  
[ 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:  Codex Alimentarius 
Commission – Maximum Residue Limits (CAC/MRL) 3, updated to 2007. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  22 August 2007 G/SPS/N/COL/148 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  29 August 2007, the date of publication in the Official 
Journal 
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable 
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:  
National Enquiry Point  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 13A – 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(571) 241-0478 
Fax: +(571) 241-0480 or Ministerio de la Protección Social
 
Dirección General de Salud Pública 
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
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notificati on 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 N° 13A – 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Enquiry Point
: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. Tel.: +(571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(571) 241-0480 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co 
Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co