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G/SPS/N/COL/240 
2 July 2012 
 (12-3500) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  COLOMBIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social  (Ministry of Health and 
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):  Meat of animals of the bovine, bubaline and porcine species 
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 Decreto del Mini sterio de Salud y Protección 
Social "Por el cual se establece una medida sa nitaria para la importación de carne"  (Draft 
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Decree "Establishing a sanitary measure applicable 
to the importation of meat"). Language(s):  Spanish Number of pages:  2 
Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/COL/12_2502_00_s.pdf
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Decree covers the following:  Import 
certification for meat;  Risk assessments;  and Period of valid ity and derogations. 
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 G/SPS/N/COL/240 
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   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:  Ley (Law) 
No. 09 of 24 January 1979;  Law No. 170 of 15 December 1994;  Decreto  (Decree) 
No. 2278 of 2 August 1982 of the Minist ry of Health (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Date on which the Decree is signed. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Date of publication in the Official Journal. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Date of  publication in the Official Journal. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  31 August 2012 
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: 
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social 
Dirección de Promoción y Prevención Carrera 13 N° 32 - 76 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: (+57-1) 330-5000, Ext. 1266 Fax: (+57-1) 330-5050, Ext. 1280 E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co  
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co 
 Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.: (+57-1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: (+57-1) 606-4777  Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.:  (+57-1) 606-4775