. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/93 
22 December 2004 
 (04-5635) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures  Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Social Welfare 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Preserved sardines (tariff heading 1604.13.00.00) 
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:  Draft Resolution Issuing 
the Technical Regulation on the Requireme nts for Preserved Sardines Produced, Imported 
or Exported for Human Consumption  (7 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Purpose, Scope of application, Definitions, Species, Classification 
of preserved sardines, General requirements,  Additives, Covering medium, Contents of 
covering medium, Specific requirements, Phys ico-chemical requirements, Maximum limits 
for heavy metals, Packaging, Labelling, San itary requirements for the export of preserved 
sardines, Monitoring and inspection, Conformity assessment and certification, Penalty system and Administrative procedures. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests  
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE),  [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Decree No. 3075 of 
1997 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   30 March 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Six months as from the date of publication in the 
Official Journal. G/SPS/N/COL/93 
Page 2  
 
 12. Final date for comments:   17 March 2005 
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, primer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 703 Fax: (571) 350-5211 
and Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Pública 
Carrera 13 No. 32 – 76 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia E-mail bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co
 
Tel.: (571) 336-5066 Fax  (571) 336-0182 
Web site: www.minsalud.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. 13A - 15, primer piso  Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Enquiry Point
 
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R. E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co
 
Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 713 
Fax: (571) 350-9564 Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co