G/SPS/N/COL/274  
13 November 2017  
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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) : Veterinary drugs and animal feed.  
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 prohíbe la importación, fabricación, registro, 
comercialización y uso de medicamentos veterinarios como productos terminados y 
aditivos empleados en la elaboración de alimentos para animales, que en su composición 
garantizada declaren contener como ingrediente el arsénico o compuestos arsenicales"  
(Draft Resolution of the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) "Prohibiting the importation, 
manufacturing, registration, marketing and use of veterinary drugs as finished products 
and animal feed  additives, the guaranteed composition of which includes  arsenic and 
arsenic compounds".) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/COL/17_5043_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes a prohibition on arsenic and arsenic 
compounds in animal feeds and veterinary drugs . Its articles refer to its objective and to 
reformulation, the time -limit for clearance of existing stocks, penalties , and the period of 
validity.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety , [X] animal health , [ ] 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 Organisation for Animal Heal th (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 international standard?  G/SPS/N/COL/274  
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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° 7168 del 16 de Junio de 2017 del Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA 
(Colombian Agric ultural Institute (ICA) Resolution No.  7168 of 1 6 June 2 017), notified in 
document G/SPS/N/COL/260/Add.1 . 
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/o r (dd/mm/yy) : 12 January 2 018 
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  (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism)  
Dirección de Regulación  (Regulation Department)  
Calle 28, N° 13A - 15, tercer piso  
Bogotá, D.C . Colombia  
Tel.: (+571) 606 7676, Ext.1690/1340  
Email : drico@mincit.gov.c o 
 mgonzalezs@mincit.gov.co  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co/  
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario, ICA  (Colombian Agricultural Institute)  
Subgerencia de Regulación Sanitaria y Fitosanitaria (Sanitary  and Phytosanitary Regulation 
Division)  
Dirección Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales  (Technical Division for International Affairs)  
Carrera 41 # 17 - 81, Piso 2 (Zona Industrial - Puente Aranda)  
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  
Tel.: (+571) 332 3700, Ext. 1515  
Fax: (+571) 288 4800  
Website: http://www.ica.gov.co/  
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.: (+571) 606 7676, Ext.1690  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co/