. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/84 
9 July 2004 
 (04-2970) 
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:  Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA)  
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):  Animals, plants and agricultural products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Colombian Agricultural 
Institute (ICA) Resolution No. 01277 of 15 J une 2004 Regulating Plant Pest and Animal 
Disease Risk Analyses in Relation to the Importation and Exportation of Agricultural 
Products  (7 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  This Resolution sets out the information required to initiate a pest 
or disease risk analysis, regulates the time-frame  for such a study and establishes the risk 
communication channels.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection, 
[   ] 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), [ 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. 2  of November 1995 and International Standard for Phytosanitary 
Measures (ISPM) No. 11 of May 2001.  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Colombian 
Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution No. 2950 of 25 October 2001 (available in Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  15 June 2004  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  17 June 2004  G/SPS/N/COL/84 
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12. Final date for comments:  1 October 2004  
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:   
National Enquiry Point
 
 E-mail: javiermi@mincomercio.gov.co 
 Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 703  Fax: (571) 350-5211 
 and  Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA
 
 Grupo de Análisis de Riesgos Agrop ecuarios y Asuntos Internacionales  
 Calle 37 # 8-43, Oficina 409  Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  Tel.: (571) 285-3485  Fax: (571) 232-4695 
Web site: http://www.ica.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, 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 Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co