. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/124 
13 December 2006 
 (06-5960) 
Committee on Sanitary and  
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  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):  Packaged or wrapped food for human consumption.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
 Colombia's trading partners. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución 
del Ministerio de la Protección Social  "Por la cual se establece el reglamento técnico sobre 
requisitos de rotulado o etiquetado nutricional que deben cumplir los alimentos envasados 
para consumo humano"  (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Social Welfare "establishing 
technical regulations on the labelling and ma rking requirements for packaged food for 
human consumption") (in Spanish, 51 pages).  
6. Description of content:  The Draft Resolution sets the nutritional labelling and marking 
requirements to be met by packaged food for human consumption, and covers the 
following:  Purpose and scope;  Definitions;  Scope of nutritional labelling or marking;  
Nutrient declaration;  Nutrient reference values;  Nutrition claims;  Health claims;  
Specifications and nutritional information pane l formats;  Intake reference values;  
Surveillance and enforcement, penalties and final procedures.  
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. 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:  Ministry of Health 
Resolutions No. 11488 of 1984 and No. 1618 of 1991.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Date of signing of the Resolution.  G/SPS/N/COL/124 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Six (6) months after the date of publication in the 
Diario Oficial (Official Journal).  
12. Final date for comments :  7 March 2007  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Servicio Nacional de Información (National Enquiry Point) 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N°.13A - 15, tercer piso Tel.:  (571) 2410478 Fax:  (571) 2410480 
or 
Ministerio de la Protección Social  (Ministry of Social Welfare)  
Dirección General de Salud Pública Grupo de Promoción y Prevención Carrera 13 No. 32 – 76 
Bogotá, D. C., Colombia 
Tel.:  PBX: 330 5000 Extensions 1440 to 1445 Fax:  (571) 3305050 Web site:  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 (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism) 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 N°.13A - 15, tercer piso  Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  Enquiry Point
: 
Contact Person :  Daniel Héctor Rico R.  
E-mail:  danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co  
Tel.:  (571) 6067676 Ext.1690 Fax:  (571) 2410480 Web site:  http://www.mincomercio.gov.co