. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/COL/29
14 May 2003
(03-2538)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Social Welfare
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Ministry of
Commerce, Industry and Tourism
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Alcoholic beverages
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree Partially
Amending Decrees Nos. 3192/83 and 365/94, Repealing Decree No. 2311/96 and Adopting
Other Provisions (23 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:   Sanitary requirements for alcoholic beverages, raw materials for
alcoholic beverages, inputs and establishments which produce, hydrate, bottle, distribute,
export, import and market alcoholic beverages, Definitions, Requirements for pure and
extra-neutral ethyl alcohol and neutral rectified alcohol, General requirements for rum,
Requirements for sugar cane rum ("aguardiente de caña", "caña", "cachaza" and
"branquiña"), Requirements for anisette and aniseed liqueur ("anís" and "anisado"),
Requirements for wine and high-alcohol/fortified wine ("vinos generosos"), General
requirements for natural and other sparkling wines, Classification of sparkling wines,Specific requirements for natural and other sparkling wines, Specific requirements for fruit
wines, Physico-chemical requirements for aperitifs, General requirements for "sabajón"
(Colombian egg liqueur), Physico-chemical requirements for sabajón, Microbiological
requirements for sabajón, General requirements for beer, Physico-chemical requirements for
beer, Microbiological requirements for beer, Tests, Labelling of natural and other sparklingwines ("vinos espumosos naturales", "vinos espumosos", "vinos espumantes" and "vinos
burbujeantes") in accordance with their production process and origin, Labelling of
alcoholic beverages, Mandatory statements for labels, Product sanitary registration certificate,
Production and sales licence, Production and export licence, Production licence,
Documentation requirements, Import and sales li cence, Import licence, Hydration and sales
licence, Bottling and sales licence, Documentation requirements, Sanitary registration
certificate for certain products, Documents from abroad, Amendments to resolutions
granting sanitary registration certificates - change in alcoholic strength, Sanitary approval of
alcoholic beverages, Sanitary certificate for inward Customs clearance, DocumentationG/TBT/N/COL/29
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6. Description of content (cont'd):   required for the issue of sanitary certificates for inward
Customs clearance, Sanitary inspection of goods, Transfer of alcoholic beverages prior to
inward Customs clearance, Issue of sanitary certificates for inward Customs clearance,
Analysis samples, Sampling requirements, Handling and use of analysis samples, Sampling,
Analysis fees, Monitoring and inspection, Conformity assessment and Penalty system.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human health
8. Relevant documents:   Law No. 124 of 1994, Law No. 30 of 1986, Decrees Nos. 3192/83 and
365/94.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  8 August 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal.
10. Final date for comments:   30 July 2003
11. Texts available in:  Spanish
from the National enquiry point [  X ],
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
Regulation Department
Calle 28, No. 13A-15, 1st floor
Bogota, D.C., Colombia
E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co
COLOMBIA@mincomercio.gov.co (Enquiry point)
Web site: www.mincomercio.gov.co
Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 713
Fax: (571) 350-9564
or address, telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if
available, of other body:
Ministry of Social Welfare
General Directorate for Public Health
Carrera 13, No. 32-76
Bogota, D.C., Colombia
E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co
jsolano@minproteccionsocial.gov.co
Tel.: (571) 336-5066Fax (571) 336-0182
Web site: www.minsalud.gov.co