G/SPS/N/COL/342  
13 December  2022 
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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) : Animals, plants and their products  
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 : Proyecto de Resolución : "Por la cual se establecen las 
condiciones para el ingreso de animales, vegetales y sus productos al país, que no cuenten 
con requisitos sanitarios y/o fitosanitarios de importación y se dictan otras disposiciones"  
(Draft Resolution "establishing the conditions for the entry into the country of animals, 
plants and their products for which there are no sanitary and/or phytosani tary import 
requirements, and issuing other provisions") Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 
13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/COL/22_8534_0 0_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The risk analysis process is a technical scientific procedure 
conducted  in accordance with international standards to establish animal health or 
phytosanitary conditions or requirements for the entry of animals, plants and their 
products and to facilitate trade . It is therefore necessary to define and adopt new 
guidelines for the establishment of such requirements at the national level, which should 
address the current global uncertainty surrounding food insecurity, climate change and 
other global challenges for ac cessing new markets, be in line with the guidelines 
established by the World Trade Organization and the relevant international agreements, 
and take into account the technical rigour required for such processes . In light of the 
above, the draft Resolution, which seeks to establish the conditions for the entry into the 
country of animals, plants and their products for which there are no sanitary and/or 
phytosanitary import requirements, is being submitted.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety , [X] animal health , [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) : G/SPS/N/COL/342  
- 2 - 
  [X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : ISPM Nos. 2, 
11 and 38  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] 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 : 
Resolutions No. 2384 of 2019 and No. 104058 of 2021  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Date of publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : The Resolution shall enter into force as from the date of its publication in 
the Official Journal.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 11 February 2 023 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Angela Fetecua Castellanos  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism)  
Dirección de R egulación (Regulation Department)  
Calle 28 # 13 A 15 piso 3, Bogotá, DC  
Tel.: (+571) 606 7676  
Email: afetecua@mincit.gov.co  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  
Dirección de Regulación  
Calle 28 # 13 A 15 piso 3, Bogotá, DC  
Tel.: (+571) 606 7676, Ext. 1340  
Email: puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Angela Fetecua Castellanos  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  
Dirección de Regulación  
Calle 28 # 13 A 15 piso 3, Bogotá, DC  
Tel.: (+571) 606 7676  
Email: afetecua@mincit.gov.co  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co  
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. 1340  
Email: puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co