
The Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) is a public authority and a technical agency attached to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism of Colombia. It is organized into six principal divisions (named “Deputy Superintendences”), each headed by a Deputy Superintendent: Competition Protection, Consumer Protection, Personal Data Protection, Industrial Property, Technical Regulation and Legal Metrology, and Judicial Affairs.
Andrés Barreto González was appointed by the President of Colombia, Iván Duque Márquez, as Superintendent of Industry and Commerce of Colombia through Decree 1806 of September 20th, 2018.
The International Affairs Group of the SIC is in charge of managing and coordinating the international relationships with counterpart authorities and international organizations related to competition protection, consumer protection, personal data protection, industrial property, legal metrology and technical regulations, and jurisdictional affairs.
Its principal objective is to promote international cooperation, according to the highest international standards and the best practices of prevention and enforcement adopted around the world.
The main functions of the Working Group are: