G/SPS/N/COL/320  
27 October  2020 
(20-7488) 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) : Chemical pesticides for agricultural use  
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 para el registro y control de los Plaguicidas Químicos de Uso 
Agrícola"  (Draft resolution establishing requirements for the registration and control of 
chemical pesticides for agricultural use) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 43 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/COL/20_6516_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified draft resolution sets out procedures and 
requirements for the registration and control of chemical pesticides for agricultural use 
and the regi stration of companies that manufacture, formulate, package, import, export 
and/or distribute chemical pesticides for agricultural use, with a view to minimizing 
associated health and environmental risks and protecting plant health in Colombia.  
The text establishes that any chemical pesticide used in agriculture in Colombia must be 
registered at the national level, in accordance with the provisions set forth therein and 
Decision No. 804 of 2015 of the General Secretariat of the Andean Community o f Nations 
(SGCAN).  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] 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 standa rd? 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) : 
[ ] Intern ational Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/COL/320  
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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 : Manual 
Técnico Andino , Resolution No. 2075 of 2019  
Resolution No. 3002 of 2005, as amended by Resolution No. 1316 of 2007 (available in 
Spanish)  
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) : Upon 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) : 
26 December 2 020 
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:  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and 
Tourism)  
Dirección de Regulación  (Regulation Department)  
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso  
Bogotá, D.C . Colombia  
Tel.: (+571) 606 7676, Ext. 1566  
Email: puntocontacto@ mincit.gov.co  
amejiam@mincit.gov.co  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co  
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario , ICA (Colombian Agricultural Institute)  
Subgerencia d e 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) 28 8 4800, 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  (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and 
Tourism)  
Dirección de Regulación  (Regulation Department)  
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso  
Bogotá, D.C . Colombia  
Tel.: (+571) 606 7676, Ext. 1566  
Email: puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
amejiam@mincit.gov.co  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co