G/SPS/N/COL/324  
2 February  2021 
(21-0868) Page: 1/2 
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) : Veterinary drugs as finished products and animal feed additives, 
containing arsenic or arsenic compounds  
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 medio de la cual se prohíbe 
la importación, fabricación, reg istro, comercialización y uso de medicamentos veterinarios 
como productos terminados y aditivos empleados en la elaboración de alimentos para 
animales, que en su composición garantizada declaren contener como ingrediente el 
arsénico o compuestos arsenicale s" (Draft Resolution prohibiting the importation, 
manufacturing, registration, marketing and use of veterinary drugs as finished products 
and animal feed additives, the guaranteed composition of which includes arsenic and 
arsenic compounds) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/COL/21_0813_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text prohibits, in Colombian territory, the 
importation, manufacturing, registration, marketing and use of veterinary drugs as 
finished products a nd animal feed additives, the guaranteed composition of which includes 
arsenic and arsenic compounds.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] 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. I SPM No.) : 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/COL/324  
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  [ ] 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:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Date on which the Resolution is signed  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Date of publication in the Official Journal  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : The Resolution will enter into force from the date of 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) : 3 April 2 021 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if availa ble) of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism)  
Dirección de Regulación  (Regulation Department)  
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso, Bogotá, D.C . Colombia  
Tel.: (+571) 6067 676, Ext. 1566  
Email : puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co  
 
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA)  
Subgerencia de Regulación Sanitaria y Fitosanitaria (Sanitary and Phytosanitary 
Regulation Division)  
Dirección Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales  (Technical Division for International Affairs)  
Avenida Calle 26 No. 85B-09, Bogotá, Colombia  
Tel.: (+571) 332 3700 
 (+571) 288 48 00, Ext. 1510 - 1515 
Email : asuntos.internacionales@ica.gov.co  
margarita.lubo@ica.gov.co  
Website: http://www.ica.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:  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  
Dirección de Regulación  
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso, Bogotá, D.C . Colombia  
Tel.: (+571) 6067 676, Ext. 1566  
Email : puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co