G/SPS/N/COL/250  
7 August 2013  
(13-4208)  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 num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Seeds 
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 de la cual se reglamenta la producción y comercialización de semillas para siembra en el país y se dictan otras disposiciones" (Draft Colombian Agricultural Institute Resolution "Regulating the production and marketing of seeds 
for sowing in Colombia and issuing other provisions"). Language(s): Spanish 
Number of pages: 26 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/COL/13_3133_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Resolution covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Production system for certified and selected seeds; 
Registration of activities; General and specific requirements; Producers of certified and selected seeds; Packaging; Producti on of micropropagated plant material; 
Production of nursery seedlings and plants ; Seed marketers; Seed importers; Plant 
breeding research units; Agronomic assessment units; Procedures for issuing registration certificates; Technical verification visits; Issue of registration certificates, amendments 
to registration and cancellation of registration; Agronomic assessment tests; 
Semi-commercial tests; National Register of Commercial Cultivars; Procedures for issuing National Register of Commercial Cultivars registration certificates; Marking and labelling; Seed repackaging; Imports for research purposes; General and specific obligations; 
Seed marketers; Seed importers and exporter s; Registered plant breeding research units; 
Registered agronomic assessment units; National Register of Commercial Cultivars registrants; Prohibitions; Retaining of harvested crops; Official monitoring; Penalties; 
and Period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/COL/250 
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  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)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international 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: 
El Decreto N° 1840 del 3 de agosto de 1994; La Resolución N° 970 del 10 de marzo de 2010 del ICA, notificada mediante el documento G/SPS/N/COL/181/Add.1 
y la Resolución N° 1167 del 25 de marzo de 2010 del Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario  
(Decree No. 1840 of 3 August 1994; Colombian Agricultural Institute Resolution No. 970 
of 10 March 2010, notified in document G/SPS/N/COL/181/Add.1; and Colombian 
Agricultural Institute Resolution No. 1167 of 25 March 2010) (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) : Date of  publication in the Official Journal. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty da ys from the date of circulation 
of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 5 November 2013 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] 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.: (+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  G/SPS/N/COL/250 
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  13. Texts available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Enquiry Point: 
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R. E-mail: drico@mincit.gov.co ;  
 puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co   
Tel.: (+57-1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (+57-1) 606-4777 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Carrera 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia