. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/144 
30 March 2010 
 
 (10-1713) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government 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 available) of  agency or authority 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):   Bio-inputs 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Instituto Colombiano Agrop ecuario – ICA "Por medio de la cual se 
establecen los requisitos para el registro de depar tamentos técnicos de ensayos de eficacia, 
productores e importadores de bioinsumos de us o agrícola y se dictan otras disposiciones" 
(Draft Resolution of the Colombian Agricultu ral Institute "Laying down requirements for 
the registration of efficacy trial technical departments and produ cers and importers of 
agricultural bio-inputs and adopting other provisions") (26 pages, in  Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution lays down the requirements 
governing the registration of efficacy trial technical departments, the production and 
importation of agricultural bio-inputs and c ontrols over the marketing, use and proper 
handling of such products.  The Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  Registration;  Inspection;  Issue of producer, importer and efficacy trial 
technical department registration;  Obligations ;  Prohibitions;  Experimentation;  Procedure 
for conducting agronomic efficacy trials;  Product registration;  Issue of product 
registration;  Registration amendments;  Ma rking and labelling;  Official control;  
Documentation;  Transitional provisi on;  Penalties;  Period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Food security in order to protect human h ealth, primary production safety, agricultural 
health and the environment. G/TBT/N/COL/144 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Decree ( Decreto ) No. 1840 of 3 August 1994;  Colombian 
Agricultural Institute Resolution ( Resolución ) No. 375 of 27 February 2004;  Colombian 
Technical Standard (NTC) No. 4612:  Agentes biológicos para el control de plagas. 
Agentes Microbianos a base de hongos y bacterias.  Rotulado  (Biological pest control 
agents.  Bacterial and fungal microbial agen ts.  Labelling);  and Colombian Technical 
Standard (NTC) No. 4422:  Agentes biológicos para el control de plagas. 
Agentes Microbianos a base de hongos y bacterias.  Parte 1:  Producción;  
Parte 2:  Especificaciones para el producto (Biological pest control agents.  Bacterial and 
fungal microbial agents.  Part 1:  Production;  Part 2:  Product specifications) (available in 
Spanish). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed 
Date of publication in the Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   25 June 2010 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:  
Enquiry Point : 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co and Pu ntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.: +(571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(571) 606-4777  Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 N°.13A – 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 606-4775 
Document available at:  https://servicios.vuce.gov.co/puntoc/vern.php 
 Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario – ICA 
Subgerencia de Regulación Sanitaria y Fitosanitaria 
Dirección Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales Calle 37 # 8-43, Piso 4, Oficina 411 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(57-1) 287-2728 
Fax: +(57-1) 285-3485 
Website: http://www.ica.gov.co/
 
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