. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/154 
14 March 2008 
 (08-1166) 
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:  Ministerio de la Protección Social  (Ministry of Social Welfare)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food raw materials and food for human consumption  
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:  Proyecto de Resolución 
del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por la cual se reglamentan los procedimientos para 
garantizar la trazabilidad de las materias primas y los a limentos para consumo humano"  
(Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Social Welfare "Regulating the procedures for ensuring 
the traceability of raw materials and food for hum an consumption") (4 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose; 
Scope;  Definitions;  Traceability;  Traceability programme;  Information records;  Record-
keeping period;  Inspection, monitoring and control;  and Period of application.  
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. 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:        
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Law No. 09 of 1979, 
Law No. 715 of 2001, Article 34(b) and 34(c) of Law No. 1122 of 2007, Decree No. 3075 
of 1997 and Resolution No. 5109 of 29 December 2005 of the Ministry of Social Welfare, 
notified in document G/SPS/N/COL/102/Add.1 (available in Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Date on which the Resolution is signed  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Six (6) months after the date of publication in the 
Official Journal  G/SPS/N/COL/154 
Page 2  
 
  12. Final date for comments:  12 June 2008  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
   Enquiry Point
 
 Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
 Dirección de Regulación  Calle 28 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso  Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  Tel.: +(571) 241-0478 
 Fax: +(571) 241-0480 
 or 
 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, Exts. 1440 to 1445  Fax: +(571) 330-5050   E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co 
 Web site:     http://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.13A - 15, tercer piso   Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
 Enquiry Point
:  
 Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R.  
 Tel.: +(571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690  Fax: +(571) 241-0480  E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  Web site  http://www.mincomercio.gov.co