. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/140 
13 June 2007 
 (07-2483) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   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):  Plant products, animals, and products  and by-products of animal origin 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Trading partners of Colombia  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolución Nº 1317 del 
31 de Mayo de 2007 del Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA "Por la cual se dictan 
disposiciones para la importación y exporta ción  de productos vegetales, animales, sus 
productos y subproductos" (ICA Resolution No. 1317 of 31 May 2007 "Issuing provisions 
for the import and export of plant products, animals, and products and by-products of 
animal origin") (7 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  Definitions;  phytosanitary and animal health export and import 
certificates;  provisions governing the import and export of agricultural products and by-
products. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [   ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests  
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[  ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [  ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [  ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the 
appropriate reference and briefly identify deviations:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Andean Community 
Decision No. 515 of 8 March 2002;  Decree No. 1840 of 1994;  ICA Resolution No. 1120 
of 16 May 2002;  ICA Resolution No. 3336 of 28 December 2004;  General Secretariat 
Resolution No. 240 of 17 June 1999;  and Andean Community Resolution No. 435 of 2000 
(available in Spanish). G/SPS/N/COL/140 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  31 May 2007 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  For Andean Community member countries, as of the 
date of entry in the Andean Community Sub- Regional Register; for third countries, 60 days 
after being notified by the World Trade Organization (WTO). 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days after the date of notification. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
National enquiry point  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 No. 13 A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(571) 2410478 Fax: +(571) 2410480 
or Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario
 
Grupo de Análisis de Riesgos Agropecuarios y Asuntos Internacionales – ICA 
Calle 37 # 8-43 Oficina 409 Bogotá D.C., Colombia Tel.:  +(571) 2853485 Fax:  + (571) 2324695 
Web site: http://www.ica.gov.co 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá D.C., 
Colombia 
Contact person: 
Daniel Héctor Rico R. Tel:  +(571) 6067676, Ext. 1690 Fax:  +(571) 2410480 
E-mail:  drico@mincomercio.gov.co 
Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co