. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/205 
5 October 2010 
 (10-5032) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Food for human consumption and raw ma terials used in the production of 
food for human consumption which contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección 
Social "Por el cual se adopta el reglamento t écnico sobre requisitos para el etiquetado de 
alimentos e identificación de materias prim as para el consumo humano que contengan 
Organismos Genéticamente  Modificados y se dictan otras disposiciones" (Draft Resolution 
of the Ministry of Social Welfare "Adopting the Technical Regulation on requirements for 
the labelling of food and the identification of  raw materials for human consumption which 
contain genetically modified organisms, and adopting other provisions"). Language:  Spanish  Number of pages:  5 
Text available online at: http://members.wto.org/crnat tachments/2010/sps/COL/10_3753_00_s.pdf
 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  
Scope;  Definitions;  Characteristics and labe lling requirements;  Additional information on 
unpackaged foods or raw materials which are or could contain GMOs;  Exemptions from 
food labelling requirements;  Guidelines on the labelling of GMO-derived food;  
Monitoring at ports and border crossings;  Ta riff item numbers;  Monitoring and control;  
Review and updating. 
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. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  G/SPS/N/COL/205 
Page 2  
 
  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Law ( Ley) 
No. 09 of 1979, Law No. 100 of 1993, Law No. 715 of 2001 and Law No. 1122 of 2007, 
and Resolution ( Resolución ) No. 5109 of 29 December 2005, as notified in document 
G/SPS/N/COL/102/Add.1 (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Date of  publication in the Official Journal. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Six (6) months after publication in the Official Journal. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  3 January 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.   Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
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, Ext. 1266 
Fax: +(571) 330-5050 
E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co/
 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Enquiry Point : 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co 
 Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.: +(57 1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(57 1) 606-4777 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