G/SPS/N/COL/253  
7 July 2014  
(14-3881)  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 num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Pests 
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 del Instituto Colombiano 
Agropecuario - ICA " Por medio del cual se crea el mecanismo para establecer, mantener, 
actualizar y divulgar el listado de plagas reglamentadas de Colombia " (Draft Colombian 
Agricultural Institute Resolution "Creating the mechanism to establish, maintain, update 
and disseminate the list of regulated pests in Colombia") Language(s): Spanish Number 
of pages: 3 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/COL/14_2981_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: Purpose; Link to regulated pest list; Update of linked content; 
and Validity. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal heal th, [X] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ) ISPM No. 19 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
[X] Yes [ ] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/COL/253 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 19, Guidelines on lists of 
regulated pests; Colombian Agricultural Institute Resolution No. 2895 of 6 September 
2010, notified in document G/SPS/N/COL/207 (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) : 5 September 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 13ª - 15, tercer piso 
Tel.: +(57-1) 606-4775 
Fax: +(57-1) 606-4777  Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA 
Subgerencia de Regulación Sanitaria y Fitosanitaria 
Dirección Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales Carrera 41 # 17 - 18, Piso 4, Oficina 411 (Zona Industrial - Puente Aranda) 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(57-1) 332-3700, Ext. 1515 Fax: +(57-1) 288-4800 
Website: http://www.ica.gov.co/  
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if availabl e) of other body: 
Enquiry point: 
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Carrera 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(57-1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(57-1) 606-4777 E-mail: drico@mincit.gov.co 
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