. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/70 
5 September 2005 
 
 (05-3862) 
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 Commerce, 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Panela – unrefined 
brown cane sugar (17.01.11.10.00) 
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 se deben cumplir en la producción y 
comercialización de la panela para cons umo humano y se dictan otras disposiciones"  
(Draft Ministry of Social Welfare Resolution establishing technical regulations on the 
sanitary requirements for the production and marketing of panela cane sugar for human 
consumption and adopting other prov isions) (14 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Purpose;  scope of a pplication;  definitions;   general conditions for 
panela cane sugar;  physico-chemical require ments;  prohibitions;  production of panela 
cane sugar from unrefined molasses;  sanitary conditions of sugar mills and storage facilities 
for unrefined molasses;  packing, packaging, labelling, repackaging, storage, distribution, 
transport and marketing;  exportation of pa nela cane sugar, sanitary registration and 
surveillance;  inspection, monitoring, contro l, safety measures and penalties;  conformity 
assessment and certification;  period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 To protect and prevent possible damage to human health. 
8. Relevant documents:   Decree No. 3075 of 1997;  Resolution No. 2546 of 6 August 2004, 
notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/57. G/TBT/N/COL/70 
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 9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
Six (6) months as from the date of 
publication in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   2 December 2005 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], 
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, cuarto piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  Tel.:  (+571) 241 0478 
Website:  www.mincomercio.gov.co 
or address, telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if 
available, of other body:  
Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Pública 
Carrera 13 No. 32 - 76 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  Tel.: (+571) 336 5066 
Fax:  (+571) 336 0182 
E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co Website: www.minsalud.gov.co