G/SPS/N/COL/267  
 
11 April 2017  
(17-1955) 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 tarif f item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Pesticides  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading par tners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Proyecto de resolución "Por medio de la cual se 
establece la metodología para determinar el periodo de reentrada o reingreso REI pos 
aplicación de plaguicidas de uso agrícola P QUA registrados en el territorio colombiano" 
(Draft Resolutio n setting out the methodology for determining the re-entry or restricted -
entry interval (REI) following the application of  chemical pesticides for agricultural use 
registered in Colombian territo ry) Language(s): Spanish  Number of pages:  13   
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/COL/17_1806_00_s.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/COL/17_1806_01_s.xlsx  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Resolution sets out the methodology for 
determining the re -entry or restricted -entry interval (REI) following the application of 
chemical pesticides for agricultural use registered with the Colombian Agricultural 
Institute (ICA) in Colombia .   
It covers the following: Purpose; Methodology; Scope; Definitions; Annexes; Penal ties; 
Official control ; Compliance period ; and Entry into force . 
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [ X] plant protection, 
[X] 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 Organi sation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquati c 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number) :  
[X] None   
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   G/SPS/N/C OL/267 
 
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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:  
Resolución  N° 630 de la Secretaria General de la Comunidad Andina del 25 de junio 
de 2002: Manual técnico andino para el regis tro y control de plaguicidas químicos de uso 
agrícola  (Resolution  No. 630 of 25 June 2002 of the General Secretariat of the Andean 
Community : Andean  Technical Manual on the registration and control of chemical 
pesticides for agricultural use ) (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 publicatio n, 
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) : 10 June  2017 
Agency or authority designated to h andle comments: [ X] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail 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.: (+571) 606 -7676, Ext. 1690 -1340 
E-mail:  drico@mincit.gov.co  
 mgonzalezs@mincit.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.:  (+571) 332 -3700, Ext. 1571  
Website:  http://www.ica.gov.co  
13. Text(s) available from: [ X] National No tification Authority, [ X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail 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 p oint: 
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R.  
Tel.: (+571) 606 -7676, Ext. 1690  
E-mail: drico@mincit.gov.co  
Website:  http://www.mincit.gov.co/publicaciones.php?id=33051