G/SPS/N/COL/261  
 
30 October 2015  
(15-5754)  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 numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable):  Genetic material 
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 establecen los requisitos sanitarios y de bioseguridad para el registro de centrales de recolección y procesamiento, unidades de 
procesamiento, unidades de recolección e importadores de material genético de especies 
interés zootécnico y se dictan otras disposiciones" (Draft Colombian Agricultural Institute 
(ICA) Resolution "Establishing the sanitary and biosecurity requirements for the 
registration of collection and processing plants, processing units, collection units and 
importers of genetic material from species of zootechnical interest, and adopting other provisions")   
Language(s):  Spanish   Number of pages: 37  
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/COL/15_4375_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Resolution lays down the sanitary and 
biosecurity requirements for the registration of collection and processing plants, processing units, collection units and importers of genetic material. It covers the 
following: Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Registration requirements; Registration 
procedures; Technical visit; Issue of registration certificates; Period of validity of registration; Amendments to registration; Cancellation of registration; Obligations; and 
Annexes. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant 
protection, [ ] protect humans from animal /plant pest or disease, [ ] 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)   G/SPS/N/COL/261 
 
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  [ ] 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:  Point 3 
of Article 2.13.1.6.1 of Chapter 6 and Chapter 10 of Title 1, Part 13 of Decree ( Decreto ) 
No. 1071 of 26 May 2015; Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution ( Resolución ) 
No. 2820 of 11 October 2001 and Resolution No. 1426 of 24 June 2002. 
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:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  29 December 2015 
Agency or authority designated to handle  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.:  (+57 1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
E-mail: drico@mincit.gov.co  
 puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  Website: http://www.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.:  (+57 1) 332-3700, Ext. 1571 
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 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.  
Tel.:  (+57 1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
E-mail: drico@mincit.gov.co   puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co 
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co