WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/199 
7 July 2010 
 (10-3700) 
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 Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial  (Ministry 
of the Environment, Housing and Territorial Development) 
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):  Detergents and soaps for industria l and household purposes (HS tariff item 
numbers 3401, 3402 and 3405.40.00.00) 
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 Ambiente, 
Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial "Por medio de la cual se prohíbe la fabricación, 
importación, distribución y comercializaci ón de detergentes o jabones que contengan 
fósforo por encima de los límites máximos establecidos" (Draft Resolution of the Ministry 
of the Environment, Housing and Territorial  Development "Prohibiting the manufacture, 
importation, distribution and marketing of dete rgents and soaps with a phosphorus content 
exceeding the maximum established limits") Language:  Spanish  Number of pages:  17 
Text available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/COL/10_2641_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Resolution prohibits the manufacture, 
importation, distribution and marketing of dete rgents and soaps with a phosphorus content 
exceeding the specified maximum limits, with a view to preventing possible environmental 
risks.  The text contains definitions and provi sions relating to product labelling, conformity 
assessment, test methods for sample-taki ng and physico-chemical product analysis, 
inspection, monitoring and control, penalties, notification, and validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] 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)  G/SPS/N/COL/199 
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  [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] 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:  Resolutions 
No. 427 of 2009 and No. 0451 of 2010 (available in Spanish);  these will cease to have 
effect upon the entry into force of the draft Resolution. 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : As from the date of publication in the Official
 Journal 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Once signed by the competent authority 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  1 September 2010 
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:  
Servicio Nacional de Información 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Tel.:  +(57 1) 606-4775 
Fax:  +(57 1) 606-4777 
or Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial 
Dirección de Desarrollo Sectorial Sostenible 
Calle 37 No. 8-40 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.:  +(57 1) 332-3434 Fax:  +(57 1) 332-3456 E-mail: jarodriguez@minambiente.gov.co 
Website: http://www.minambiente.gov.co/
  G/SPS/N/COL/199 
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  13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  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. E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co 
 Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.:  +(57 1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax:  +(57 1) 606-4777 Website: https://servicios.vuce.gov.co/puntocon/
 
 
Text also available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/COL/10_2641_00_s.pdf