. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/135 
19 March 2007 
 (07-1130) 
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 num ber(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Fish, molluscs and crustaceans (0300.00.00)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Trading partners of Colombia  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Resolución Nº 0670 del 9 de 
marzo de 2007 del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por la cual se establece el reglamento 
técnico de emergencia sobre los requisitos fisic oquímicos y microbiológicos que deben cumplir 
los productos de la pesca, en particular p escados, moluscos y crustáceos para el consumo 
humano  (Resolution No. 0670 of 9 March 2007 of the Ministry of Social Welfare issuing the 
emergency technical regulation on the physico- chemical and microbiological requirements for 
fishery products, in particular fish, molluscs and crustaceans for human consumption) (9 pages, 
in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  Purpose;  scope;  definitions;  speci es;  general requirements;  physico-
chemical requirements;  microbiological requirements; labelling;  packaging;  sanitary requirements for exportation;  inspection, m onitoring and control;  conformity assessment; 
review and updating;  notifica tion and period of validity.  
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 additives and 
presence of contaminants in fishery products and by-products is a potential risk to human health. 
Current scientific, clinical and epidemiological evidence reveals the serious adverse effects on 
health of the consumption of fishery products and by-products which contain additives and/or 
chemical contaminants exceeding the maximum authorized levels.  G/SPS/N/COL/135 
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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:  Article 564 of Law No. 09 
of 1979 and Decree No. 3075 of 1997  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  Upon publication in the 
Official Journal / Twelve (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 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Tel: +(571) 241-0478 Fax: +(571) 241-0480 
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) 330-5050 
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 N°.13A - 15, tercer piso  Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
 
Enquiry point
: 
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R. E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co
 
Tel.: +(571) 606-7676, Ext.1690 Fax: +(571) 241-0480 
Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co