G/SPS/N/COL/257  
 
15 June 2015  
(15-3080)  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):  Registration of production establishments 
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 para el registro ante el ICA de los predios de producción de vegetales para exportación en fresco, el 
registro de los exportadores y el registro de las plantas empacadoras de vegetales para 
la exportación en fresco" (Draft Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution "Laying 
down the requirements for the registration with the Colombian Agricultural Institute 
(ICA) of establishments that produce fresh ve getables for export, of exporters, and of 
packing plants for fresh vegetables for export")     
Language(s):  Spanish   Number of pages: 24  
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/COL/15_2334_00_s.pdf . 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Resolution covers the following: Purpose; 
Scope; Definitions; Registration of establishments that produce fresh vegetables for export; Registration of exporters of fresh ve getables; Registration of packing plants for 
fresh vegetables for export; and General provisions.   
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety , [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st 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)   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
[X] None  G/SPS/N/COL/257 
 
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  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: 
Colombian Agricultural Institute Resolutions No. 1806 of 2004, No. 270 of 2005, No. 2964 of 2008, No. 4016 of 2008 and No. 5237 of 2009 
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 
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  14 August 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) 1 606-4775 Fax:  (+57) 1 606-4777 
 
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:    
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 
 puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co