WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/192 
10 May 2010 
 (10-2648) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Metallic  materials, objects, containers and equipment, as well as their 
coatings and parts, intended to come into  contact with food and beverages for human 
consumption and the manufacture, storage, ma rketing, distribution, sale, exportation and 
importation thereof. 
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 Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección 
Social "Por medio de la cual se establece el reglamento técnico sobre los requisitos que 
deben cumplir los materiales, objetos, enva ses y equipamientos metálicos destinados a 
entrar en contacto con alimento s y bebidas para consumo humano" (Draft Resolution of 
the Ministry of Social Welfare "Establishing the Technical Regulation on the requirements to be met by metallic materials, objects, cont ainers and equipment in tended to come into 
contact with food and beverages for human consumption") Language:  Spanish 
Number of pages:  13 
Text available at:  http://members.wt o.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/COL/10_2065_00_s.pdf
 
6. Description of content:  The notified Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  
Definitions;  Good manufacturing practices;  General requirements;  Permitted metallic 
materials;  Authorized metallic materials;  Requirements and prohibitions applicable to 
metallic containers and equipment whether or  not with a polymeric coating;  Metallic 
materials;  Tin cans without an internal coa ting of varnish;  Tin cans with an internal 
coating of varnish;  Containers of tin-free st eel (chromium-plated sheet metal);  Polymeric 
coatings for internal protection;  Polymeric coatings;  Colouring matter and pigments;  
Sealing and hermetic-sealing compounds;  Manuf acturing aids;  Authorized products and 
manufacturing aids;  Restrictions applicable to manufacturing aids;  Verification of compliance with total migration limits;  Total migration limits;  Analytical tolerances of 
total migration limits;  Prohibitions;  Types of food and beverage that can be preserved in 
metallic containers;  Inspection, monitoring an d control;  Inspection visits;  Conformity 
assessment;  Review and updating;  Notification;   Period of validity;  Annexes 1 and 3:  
Positive lists of monomers;  and Annex 2:  Colouring matter and pigments in materials. G/SPS/N/COL/192 
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  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 
 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:  Law ( Ley) 
No. 09 of 1979, Law No. 100 of 1993, Law No. 715 of 2001 and Law No. 1122 of 2007 
(available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Date on which the Resolution is signed 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Once the Resolution is signed 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  6 August 2010 
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:  
Servicio Nacional de Información 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.:  +(571) 606 4775 Fax:  +(571) 606 4777 
or  G/SPS/N/COL/192 
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   Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Pública Grupo de Salud Ambiental Carrera 13 No. 32 – 76 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.:  +(571) 330 5000, Ext. 1266 
Fax:  +(571) 330 5050 E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co/
 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  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. Tel.:  +(571) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax:  +(571) 606 4777 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co Website: https://servicios.vuce.gov.co/puntoc/vern.php