. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/83 
22 December 2006 
 
 (06-6144) 
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) 
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 Trade, Industry and Tourism) 
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):   Whey powder 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por la cual se establece el reglamento 
técnico sobre los requisitos sanitarios que de ben cumplir los lactosueros en polvo como 
materia prima de alimentos para consumo humano y se dictan otras disposiciones" (Draft 
Ministry of Social Welfare Resolution "Estab lishing technical regulations on the sanitary 
requirements for whey powder as a raw material in foods for human consumption and issuing other provisions") (8 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This draft Resolution sets forth the sanitary requirements for whey 
powder as a raw material in foods for human c onsumption;  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions; 
Sanitary conditions gove rning establishments in which whey  powder is processed;  General 
conditions governing whey powder;  Maximum li mits of heavy metals in whey powder; 
Physico-chemical and microbiological require ments for whey powder;  Additives permitted 
in whey powder;  Packaging and labelling;  Sanitary requirements for the importation of 
whey;  Inspection, monitoring, control, saf ety measures and penalties;  and Period of 
validity. 
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 
the consumer. 
8. Relevant documents:   Decree No. 3075 of 1997, Decree No. 616 of 28 February 2006 and 
Resolution No. 5109 of 29 December 2005 of the Ministry of Social Welfare. G/TBT/N/COL/83 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
6 months following the date of publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   21 March 2007 
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. 
E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.: (+571) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: (+571) 241 0480  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Tel.: (+571) 241 0478 Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C. Colombia 
Web site:   http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/sirt 
 Ministerio de la Protección Social Dirección General de Salud Pública Grupo de Promoción y Prevención 
Carrera 13 No 32 - 76 
Bogotá, D.C. Colombia E-mail:  bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co Tel.:  (+571) 330 5000 Extensions 1440 to 1445 
Fax:  (+571) 3305050 
Web site:   http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co