. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/105 
27 January 2006 
 (06-0386) 
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) - 
Dirección de Salud Publica  (Department of Public Health) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site 
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) - Dirección 
de Regulación  (Regulation Department) 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 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):   Bovine animals, buffalo, 
swine, horses, sheep, goats, poultry, rabbits a nd guinea pigs (tariff subheading 0201.10.00)  
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Decreto 
del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por el cual se establecen los requisitos sanitarios que se deben cumplir en las plantas de bene ficio de animales de abasto público para 
consumo humano y se dictan otras disposiciones"   (Draft Decree of the Ministry of Social 
Welfare "Establishing the sanitary requirements for slaughter and processing plants for 
animals for human consumption and adopting ot her provisions")  (36 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope of 
application;  Definitions;  Location, design, construction, equipment and tools of slaughter 
and processing plants for animals for human consumption;  Sites and facilities of slaughter 
and processing plants for animals for human consumption;  Meat handlers, hygienic 
practices and protection measures;  Storage, pr eservation, transport, sale, import and export 
of meat of animals for human consumption;   Inspection;  Quality assurance system; 
Sanitary surveillance and control system , sanitary safety measures, procedures and 
penalties. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Protection of human health and safety and prevention of practices likely to mislead 
consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law No. 09 of 1979;  Law No. 99 of 1993;  Law No. 768 of 2002; 
Decree No. 475 of 1998 and Decree No. 60 of 2002. G/SPS/N/COL/105 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   Upon publication in the Official Journal.  
Proposed date of entry into force: Six (6) months as from the date of publication 
in the Official Journal.   
10. Final date for comments:   18 April 2006 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site add resses, 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: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co Dirección de Regulación  Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+571) 241-0478 Web site: www.mincomercio.gov.co  Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Publica 
Carrera 13 No 32 - 76 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.:  (+571) 336-5066,  Fax:  (+571) 336-0182 
E-mail:  bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co 
Web site: www.minsalud.gov.co