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|                                                  | *G/SPS/N/COL/85** |
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|                                                  | 9 July 2004       |
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|                                                  | (04-2971)         |
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| **Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary        | Original: Spanish |
| Measures**                                       |                   |
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NOTIFICATION

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| ** | **Member to Agreement notifying:** [COLOMBIA]{.underline}       |
| 1. |                                                                 |
| ** | **If applicable, name of local government involved:**           |
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| ** | **Agency responsible:** Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA)  |
| 2. |                                                                 |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| ** | **Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified  |
| 3. | in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers       |
| ** | should be provided in addition, where applicable):** Wood       |
|    | packaging material                                              |
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| ** | **Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent     |
| 4. | relevant or practicable:** All countries                        |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| ** | **Title, language and number of pages of the notified           |
| 5. | document:** Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution   |
| ** | No. 01079 of 3 June 2004 Regulating the Phytosanitary           |
|    | Procedures for Wood Packaging Material in International Trade   |
|    | (6 pages, in Spanish).                                          |
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| ** | **Description of content:** This Resolution regulates the       |
| 6. | phytosanitary procedures for wood packaging material in         |
| ** | international trade. It lays down the requirements for natural  |
|    | and legal persons engaged in the production, marketing and      |
|    | phytosanitary treatment of wood packaging material in use in    |
|    | international trade, who must register with the Colombian       |
|    | Agricultural Institute (ICA) in order to receive authorization  |
|    | to apply the internationally recognized mark or stamp.          |
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| ** | **Objective and rationale: \[**   **\] food safety, \[**   **\] |
| 7. | animal health, \[** X **\] plant protection,**                  |
| ** |                                                                 |
|    | **\[** X **\] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, |
|    | \[** X **\] protect territory from other damage from pests**    |
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| ** | **International standard, guideline or recommendation:**        |
| 8. |                                                                 |
| ** | **\[   \] Codex Alimentarius Commission, \[   \] World          |
|    | Organization for Animal Health (OIE), \[ X \] International     |
|    | Plant Protection Convention, \[   \] None**                     |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | **If an international standard, guideline or recommendation     |
|    | exists, give the appropriate reference and briefly identify     |
|    | deviations:** International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures |
|    | (ISPM) No. 15                                                   |
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| ** | **Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are         |
| 9. | available:** Ministry of Agriculture Resolution No. 0245 of 10  |
| ** | November 2003 (available in Spanish).                           |
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| *  | **Proposed date of adoption:** 3 June 2004                      |
| *1 |                                                                 |
| 0. |                                                                 |
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| *  | **Proposed date of entry into force:** 9 June 2004              |
| *1 |                                                                 |
| 1. |                                                                 |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| *  | **Final date for comments:** 1 October 2004                     |
| *1 |                                                                 |
| 2. | **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]{.underline}                            |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | E-mail: <javiermi@mincomercio.gov.co>                           |
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|    | Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 703                                  |
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|    | Fax: (571) 350-5211                                             |
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|    | and                                                             |
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|    | [Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA]{.underline}           |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | Grupo de Análisis de Riesgos Agropecuarios y Asuntos            |
|    | Internacionales                                                 |
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|    | Calle 37 \# 8-43, Oficina 409                                   |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia                                          |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | Tel.: (571) 285-3485                                            |
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|    | Fax: (571) 232-4695                                             |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | Web site: [http://www.ica.gov.co](http://www.ica.gov.co/)       |
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| *  | **Texts available from: \[** X **\] National notification       |
| *1 | authority, \[** X **\] National enquiry point, or address, fax  |
| 3. | number and E‑mail address (if available) of other body:**       |
| ** |                                                                 |
|    | Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo                     |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | Dirección de Regulación                                         |
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|    | Calle 28, No. 13A - 15, primer piso                             |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia                                          |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | E-mail: <danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co>                         |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | <jcrondon@mincomercio.gov.co>                                   |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 713                                  |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | Fax: (571) 350-9564                                             |
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|    | Web site:                                                       |
|    | [http://www.mincomercio.gov.co](http://www.mincomercio.gov.co/) |
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