G/SPS/N/COL/347  
18 July 2023 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : COLOMBIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario , ICA (Colombian Agricultural 
Institute)  
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) : Organic chemicals (HS code : 29); Environmental and health 
protection . Safety (ICS code : 13) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : RESOLUCIÓN No. 00006365 del 6 de junio de 2023 
"Por la cual se da cumplimiento a lo orde nado por la Corte Constitucional en Sentencia T -
343 de 2022"  (Resolution No.  00006365 of 6  June 2023, implementing Constitutional 
Court Judgment T -343 of 2022) Language(s) : Spanish . Number of pages : 3 
https://www.ica.gov.co/normatividad/normas -ica/resoluciones -de-caracter -
administrativo/2023r00006365  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/COL/23_11063_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text resolves as follows:  
ARTI CLE 1  - PURPOSE To implement paragraph 3 of Constitutional Court Judgment T -
343 of 2022 concerning the adoption of administrative measures necessary to suspend 
immediately the marketing of agricultural chemicals with the compo nent Chlorpyrifos . 
ARTI CLE 2  - SUSPENSION OF MARKETING To suspend immediately the marketing in 
the national territory of chemical products for agricultural and livestock use that contain 
Chlorpyrifos . 
ARTI CLE 3  - CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATIONS To cancel the ICA registrations of 
chemical products for agricultural and livestock use that contain Chlorpyrifos . 
ARTI CLE 4  - PROHIBITION OF IMPORTATION To prohibit immediately the 
importation of raw materials and finished goods for marketing in the natio nal territory, of 
chemical products for agricultural and livestock use use that contain Chlorpyrifos . 
ARTI CLE 5  - DENIAL AND REJECTION OF APPLICATIONS To deny and reject 
immediately registration procedures of chemical products for agricultural and livestoc k 
use containing Chlorpyrifos , including modification procedures.  
ARTI CLE 6  - DEFINITIVE ELIMINATION Within a maximum period of six (6) months 
from the notification of Judgment T -343 of 2022, the ICA shall adopt additional 
administrative measures to those established in this Resolution, aimed at the definitive G/SPS/N/COL/347  
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  elimination of the use in the national territory of agricultural and livestock chemical 
products containing Chlorpyrifos . 
ARTI CLE 7  - SANCTIONS Failure to comply with any of the provisions established  in 
this Resolution shall be sanctioned in accordance with the provisions of Articles  156 and 
157 of Law  1955 of 2019, without prejudice to any civil and criminal actions that may be 
applicable.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [ ] animal heal th, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.) : 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available : 
Judgment T -343/22  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/COL/23_11063_01_s.pdf  
(Available in Spanish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 6 June 2 023 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 6 June 2 023 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 6 June 2 023 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 16 September 2 023 
Agency or authority desig nated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Aurora Villalobos Diaz  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism)  
Dirección de Regulación (Regulation Department)  
Calle 28 # 13 A 15 piso 3, Bogotá, DC  
Tel.: (+571) 606 7676, Ext. 2223  
Email: puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] Nat ional Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
https://www.ica.gov.co/normatividad/normas -ica/resoluciones -de-caracter -
administrativo/2023r00006365