. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/82 
22 December 2006 
 
 (06-6142) 
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Meat, edible meat 
products and meat by-products. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Decreto 
del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por el cual se establece el sistema oficial de 
inspección, vigilancia y control.  Los requisito s sanitarios y de inocuidad de la carne, 
productos cárnicos comestibles y derivados cá rnicos destinados para el consumo humano"  
(Draft Decree of the Ministry of Social Welfare "Establishing the official inspection, 
monitoring and control system.  Sanitary a nd safety requirements for meat, edible meat 
products and meat by-products destined for hum an consumption") (29 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This draft Decree establishes th e official inspection, monitoring 
and control system and the sanitary and safety requirements for meat, edible meat products 
and meat by-products;  Scope;  Definitions;  Cold  chain;  Shelf life of meat, edible meat 
products and meat by-products primary produc tion;  Sanitary standards in primary 
production establishments;  Safety assurance system  in primary production sites;  Transport 
of animals to receiving plants;  Sanitary registration and authorization;  Safety assurance 
system;  Sanitary standards;  Standardi zed operational sanitation procedures;  Hazard 
Analysis Critical Control Point system;  Pathogen control;  Control of chemical waste and contaminants;  Specific ante- and post-mortem inspection requirements for receiving plants; 
Packaging and labelling of meat, edible meat  products and meat by-products;  Meat by-
products;  Transport of meat, edible meat products and meat by-products;  Storage and 
marketing;  Special provisions;  Imports a nd exports;  Organization of the inspection, 
monitoring and control system;  Penalty system;  Period of validity and repeal. G/TBT/N/COL/82 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Protection of human life and health and the environment, and prevention of 
practices likely to mislead the consumer. 
8. Relevant documents:   Decrees No. 2278 of 1982 and No. 1036 of 1991. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Decree is signed. 
Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   20 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