WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/193 
12 May 2010 
 (10-2684) 
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):  Cellulosic materials, objects, packagi ng and equipment, whether domestically 
manufactured or imported, intended to come into contact with food and beverages for human consumption. 
Cellulosic materials, objects, packagi ng and equipment, whether domestically 
manufactured or imported, coated or surface-tr eated with paraffins, polymeric resins or 
other substances. 
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 establece el reglamento técnico sobre los requisitos que deben cumplir los materiales, objetos, envases y equipamientos celulósicos y sus aditivos 
destinados a entrar en contacto con alim entos y bebidas alcohólicas para consumo 
humano" (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of So cial Welfare "Establishing the Technical 
Regulation on the requirements to be met by cellulosic materials, objects, packaging and 
equipment, and the additives therein, intended to  come into contact with food and alcoholic 
beverages for human consumption")  Language:  Spanish  Number of pages:  8 
Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/COL/10_2089_00_s.pdf
6. Description of content:  This draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  
Definitions;  Good manufacturing practices;  General requirements;  Positive list of 
authorized substances;  Maximum composition and specific migration limits;  Total or 
global migration limit;  Analytical tolerances of total migration limit;  Verification of 
compliance with total migration limit;  Maxi mum permissible levels  of heavy metals;  
Colouring matter and pigments;  Use of recy cled cellulosic materials;  Formation of 
cellulosic laminates and packaging;  Filter pa per for cooking and filtration;  Prohibitions;
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   Inspection, monitoring and control;  Inspecti on visits;  Conformity  assessment;  Review 
and updating;  Notification;  Period of validity;   Annex 1:  Positive list of materials;  
Annex 2:  Colouring matter and pi gments;  Annex 3:  Use of recycled cellulosic materials;  
Annex 4:  Positive list of mono mers;  Annex 5:  Positive list of polymers;  and Annex 6:  
Colouring matter and pigments in materials.  
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.  
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)  
[ ] 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 (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 on which the Resolution is signed 
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) :  10 August 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 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(571) 606-4775 
Fax: +(571) 606-4777 
or  G/SPS/N/COL/193 
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  Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Pública Grupo de Salud Ambiental Carrera 13 No. 32 - 76 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(57 1) 330-5000, Ext. 1266 
Fax: +(57 1) 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:  
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. 
Tel.: +(571) 606-7676, ext. 1690 
Fax: +(571) 606-4777 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co Website:  https://servicios.vuce.gov.co/puntoc/vern.php