. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/85 
9 July 2004 
 (04-2971) 
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):  Wood packaging material  
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. 01079 of 3 June 2004 Regulating the Phytosanitary 
Procedures for Wood Packaging Material in International Trade  (6 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  This Resolution regulates the phytosanitary procedures for wood 
packaging material in international trade.  It lays down the requirements for natural and legal 
persons engaged in the production, mark eting and phytosanitary treatment of w ood 
packaging material in use in international trade, who must register with the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) in order to receive  authorization to appl y the internationally 
recognized mark or stamp.  
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] 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. 15  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Ministry of 
Agriculture Resolution No. 0245 of 10 November 2003 (available in Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  3 June 2004  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  9 June 2004  
 
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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