. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/91 
14 September 2004 
 
 (04-3833) 
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:  Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Agricultural, agri-food and agro-industrial products. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Trading partners of Colombia. 
5. Title, language and number of pa ges of the notified document:  Draft Decree 
Establishing the Administrative Proce dure for the Development, Adoption and 
Implementation of Technical Regulations and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures in the 
Agri-Food Sector  (8 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  This draft Decree covers the following:  Purpose; Scope; 
Definitions; General Requirements; Contents of Technical Regulations and Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures; Development, Notifi cation, Publication, Issue and Revision; 
Emergency Measures; Final Provisions. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [ X ] 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, gu ideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE),  [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Law No. 170 of 
1994, and Decisions Nos. 515 and 562 of the Andean Community. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   30 September 2004 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon publication in the Official Journal. G/SPS/N/COL/91 
Page 2  
 
 12. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
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:
 
Servicio Nacional de Información 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, primer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.:   (571) 350-5500, Ext. 703 Fax:   (571) 350-5211 
and 
Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural 
Secretaria General Avenida Jiménez No. 7-65, Piso 3° 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: (571) 341-9002 Fax: (571) 336-1562 E-mail:  secretaria@minagricultura.gov.co
 
Web site: http://www.minagricultura.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 Enquiry Point
: 
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R.  
E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co  
Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 713 Fax: (571) 350-9564 Web site: http://ww w.mincomercio.gov.co