G/SPS/N/COL/323  
2 February  2021 
(21-0865) 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) : Bovine and bubaline animals  
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 
establecen los requisitos sanitarios, de inocuidad y de bienestar, para la certificación de 
predios  exportadores y de transporte de bovinos y bufalinos en pie para exportación y los 
destinados a sacrificio para la exportación de carne"  (Draft Resolution establishing the 
sanitary, safety and welfare requirements for the certification of exporting establi shments 
and the transport of live bovine and bubaline animals for export and of those to be 
slaughtered for the export of meat) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 19 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/COL/21_0812_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Resolution establishes the sanitary, safety 
and animal welfare requirements for obtaining certification as an exporting establishment 
of live bovine and bubaline animals and of those to be slaughtered for the export of meat, 
as well as for the transport of the animals to be exported or slaughtered for the export of 
meat.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] 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 th is proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No G/SPS/N/COL/323  
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  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 publicatio n, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : The Resolution will enter into force 180 days 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 available) 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