G/SPS/N/COL/263  
11 November  2016 
(16-6202) Page: 1/3 
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) : Fertilizers and/or soil conditioners.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partn ers 
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Proyecto de Resolución del Instituto Colombiano 
Agropecuario - ICA "Por medio de la cual se establecen los requisitos para el registro de 
productores, empacadores, envasadores o qu e estas actividades se realicen por contrato ; 
así como los importadores, importadores para consumo propio, unidades de evaluación 
agronómica de ensayos de eficacia, de fertilizantes y/o acondicionadores de suelos . Así 
mismo se establecen los requisitos par a el registro de fertilizantes y/o acondicionadores de 
suelo y se establecen otras disposiciones " (Draft Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) 
Resolution establishing registration  requirements for producers, packers (including sub -
contractors), importers,  persons importing for their own consumption, and agronomic 
assessment units conducting fertilizer and/or soil conditioner efficacy trials . It also 
establishes registration requirements for fertilizers and/or soil conditioners and other 
provisions ) Languag e(s): Spanish Number of pages : 62. 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/COL/16_4694_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes registra tion requirements for 
producers, packers (including sub -contractors), importers, persons importing for their own 
consumption, and agronomic assessment units conducting fertilizer and/or soil conditioner 
efficacy trials . It also establishes registration require ments for fertilizers and soil 
conditioners and covers the following aspects : Purpose ; Scope; Definitions ; Registration 
requirements ; General requirements ; Specific requirements ; Registration procedure ; 
Technical visits ; Issue of registration certificates ; Period of validity of registration ; Changes 
to registration ; Cancellation of registration ; Fertilizers and/ or soil  conditioners subject to 
efficacy trials ; Documents needed for the approval of efficacy trials ; Efficacy trial 
formalities ; Protocol  approval ; Conducting of trials; Importation of samples for 
experiments ; Obligations ; Prohibitions ; Annexes ; Transitional provisions ; Penalties and 
period of validity.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ] 
prote ct humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/COL/263  
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  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 i nternational 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 : 
Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution s No. 00150 of 2 1 January 2 003 and No. 
000968 of 1 0 March 2 010, as notified by the WTO.  
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) : 12 months 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) : 10 January 2 017 
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  
Dirección de Regulación  
Calle 28, N° 13A - 15, tercer piso  
Bogotá, D.C ., Colombia  
Tel.: (+57) 1 6067676, Ext. 1690  
Email:  puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
Website: http://www.sica l.gov.co/  
 
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA 
Subgerencia de Regulación Sanitaria y Fitosanitaria  
Dirección Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales  
Carrera 41 # 17 - 81, Piso 4, Oficina 411 (Zona Industrial - Puente Aranda)  
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  
Tel.: (+57) 1 3323700, Ext. 1571  
Website: http://www.ica.gov.co/  G/SPS/N/COL/263  
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  13. Text(s) available from : [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  
Dirección de Regulación  
Calle 28, N° 13A - 15, tercer piso  
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  
 
Enquiry point:  
Contact person : Daniel Héctor Rico R.  
Email:  drico@mincit.gov.co  
Tel.: (+57) 1 6067676, Ext. 1690  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co/publicaciones.php?id=33051