G/TBT/N/COL/198  
8 August 2013  
(13-4230)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member: COLOMBIA 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario , ICA (Colombian Agricultural 
Institute) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if availa ble) of agency or author ity designated to handle 
comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above: 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and 
Tourism)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2. 10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ],  5.7.1 [ ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided  in addition, where applicable): Seeds 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) 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") (26 pages, in Spanish)  
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; Production of micropropagated plan t 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 labellin g; Seed repackaging; Imports for research 
purposes; General and specific obligations; Seed marketers; Seed importers and exporters; Registered plant breeding resear ch 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, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: To protect agricultural health, ensure food safety and protect agricultural 
production. 
8. Relevant documents: Decree No. 1840 of 3 August 1994; Colombian Agricultural 
Institute Resolution No. 970 of 10 March 2010, notified in document 
G/TBT/N/COL/137/Add.1; and Colombian Agricu ltural Institute Resolution No. 1167 of 25 
March 2010. G/TBT/N/COL/198 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments: 5 November 2013 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Tel.: +(57-1) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(57-1) 606 4777 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co ; puntocontacto@mincomercio.gov.co  
Website: http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/sirt  
 
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) 332 3700, Ext. 1515 Fax: +(57-1) 288 4800 
Website: http://www.ica.gov.co  
Also available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/tbt/COL/13_3132_00_s.pdf