. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/139 
3 May 2007 
 (07-1847) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  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 nu mber(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  
 Fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquacultu re products for human consumption 
(03.00.00.00)  
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:  Resolución Nº 0676 del 9 de 
Marzo de 2007 del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por la cual se establece el reglamento técnico de emergencia a través del cual se adopt a el Plan Nacional de Control de Residuos de 
Medicamentos Veterinarios y Otras Sustanc ias Químicas 2007 que deben cumplir los 
productos acuícolas para consumo humano y se dictan otras disposiciones" (Ministry of Social 
Welfare Resolution No. 0676 of 9 March 2007 issu ing the emergency technical regulation that 
adopts the 2007 National Plan for the Monitoring of Residues of Veterinary Medicinal Products 
and Other Chemical Substances, the requireme nts of which must be met by aquaculture 
products for human consumption, and setting fort h other provisions)  (23 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  Purpose;  scope;  importation of aq uaculture products;  exportation of 
aquaculture products;  substances subject to m onitoring;  residue limits;  supervision and 
control; communicating an alert; sanitary safety measures, procedures and penalties; 
notification;  period of validity and the technical  annex "National Plan for the Monitoring of 
Residues of Veterinary Medicinal Products a nd Other Chemical Substances for Aquaculture 
Products - 2007".  
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  The use of veterinary 
medicinal products and the presence of other cont aminants in fishery and, in particular, 
aquaculture products pose a potential risk to hu man health. Current scientific, clinical and 
epidemiological evidence highlights the serious adverse health effects of the consumption of 
fishery or aquaculture products that contain veterinary medicinal products and chemical 
contaminants exceeding maximum authorized levels.  G/SPS/N/COL/139 
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  9. 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:       
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Council Directive 
96/23/EC  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable): Upon publication in the 
Official Journal (12 months).  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ X ] National notification authority, 
[ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of 
other body:    
 National enquiry point  
 Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo   Dirección de Regulación  
 Calle 28 No. 13 A - 15, tercer piso 
 Bogotá D.C., Colombia   Tel.:  +(571) 2410478  Fax:  +(571) 2410480  or  Ministerio de la Protección Social  
 Dirección General de Salud Pública  
 Grupo de Promoción y Prevención  Carrera 13 No. 32 – 76  Bogotá D.C., Colombia  Tel.:  PBX: 330 5000, Ext. 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  
 Dirección de Regulación   Calle 28 No. 13 A - 15, tercer piso  
 Bogotá D.C., Colombia 
  Contact person:
  
             Daniel Héctor Rico R.  E-mail:  drico@mincomercio.gov.co
 
 Tel.:  +(571) 6067676, Ext. 1690 
 Fax:  +(571) 2410480 
 Web site:  http://www.mincomercio.gov.co