. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/164 
25 November 2008 
 (08-5790) 
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 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):  Alcohol, alcoholic beverages 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affect ed, to the extent relevant or practicable:
 
 Colombia's trading partners.  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Proyecto de Decreto del 
Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por el cual se reglamenta parcialmente el Título V de la 
Ley 09 de 1979, en lo referente a los estableci mientos de alcohol y bebidas alcohólicas, 
elaboración, hidratación, envase, distribuci ón, venta, exportación e importación de estos 
productos y se dictan otras disposiciones"  (Draft Decree of the Ministry of Social Welfare 
"establishing partial regulations under Title V of Law No. 09 of 1979 in respect of 
establishments which produce, hydrate, package, distribute, sell, export and import alcohol 
and alcoholic beverages, and issuing other pr ovisions") (available in Spanish, 89 pages). 
6. Description of content:  Purpose and scope;  Definitions;  Basic hygiene requirements for 
the manufacture of alcohol and alcoholic bevera ges;  Buildings and installations;  Equipment 
and utensils;  Product handlers;  Hygiene requirements during the manufacturing process;  
Sanitation;  Storage, distribution, transpor tation and marketing;  Quality assurance and 
control;  Technical specifications;  Processes;  Physico-chemical requirements for pure and extra-neutral ethyl alcohol, neutral rectified alcohol, sugar cane rum ("aguardiente de caña", 
"caña", "cachaza" and "branquiña"), anisette a nd aniseed liqueur ("anís" and "anisado"), 
aperitifs, brandy, beer, gin, rum, "sabajón"  (Colombian egg liqueur), wine, vodka and 
whisky; Packaging, labelling and advertising;  Sanitary registration;  Imports;  Exports;  
Inspection, monitoring and control;  Sanita ry safety measures and preventive sanitary 
measures;  Penalty procedure;  List of additives (Annex 1). 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests  G/SPS/N/COL/164 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] 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:  Law No. 09 of 1979, 
Article 16 of Law No. 30 of 1986, Article 1 of Law No. 124 of 1994, Decrees Nos. 3192 of 
1983, 761 of 1993, 365 of 1994 and 2311 of 1996, Decree No. 1575 of 2007 and Resolution No. 2115 of 2007 (available in Spanish) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   As of date on which the Decree is signed. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Date of publication in the Official Journal. 
12. Final date for comments:  20 February 2009 
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 No. 13 A-15, tercer piso 
Tel.:  +(571) 2410478 
Fax:  +(571) 2410480 or Ministerio de la Protección Social
 
Dirección General de Salud Pública 
Grupo de Salud Ambiental 
Carrera 13 No. 32-76 Bogotá D.C., Colombia Tel.:  +(571) 3305000, Ext. 1428 Fax:  +(571) 3305050 
E-mail:  bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co 
Web site:  http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification 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 No. 13A-15, tercer piso 
Bogotá D.C., Colombia 
 Contact person
:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
E-mail:  drico@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.:  +(571) 6067676, Ext. 1690 
Fax:  +(571) 2410480 
Web site:  http://www.mincomercio.gov.co