WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/183 
25 November 2009 
 (09-5933) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Land snails 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading parters, or 
[ ] 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 y 
las condiciones sanitarias para los predios pr oductores del caracol terrestre Helix aspersa 
y se dictan otras disposiciones" (Draft Resolution of the Colombian Agricultural Institute 
(ICA) "laying down the registration and sanitary requirements for establishments that breed 
Helix aspersa  land snails and adopting other provisions") Language:  Spanish Number of 
pages:  11 
6. Description of content:  This draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  scope;  
definitions;  registration;  registration proce dures;  technical visit;  issue and validity of 
registration;  amendments;  obligations;  offici al monitoring;  documentation;  penalties and 
period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X] 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 stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission  (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. title or serial number of 
Codex standard or related text)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/COL/183 
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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:  Manual 
sanitario para el establecimiento de zoocri aderos de caracol de tierra Helix aspersa 
(Sanitary manual for setting up facilities to breed Helix aspersa  land snails);  
Anexo 2:  Formato para inventario de almacenamiento de alimento (Annex 2:  Food 
storage inventory form);  Anexo 3:  Formato de inventario para almacenamiento de 
medicamentos veterinarios y biológicos (Annex 3:  Inventory form for storage of veterinary 
and biological medicines);  Anexo 4:  Formato de uso de medicamentos veterinarios  
(Annex 4:  Form for recording veterinary medicine use);  Anexo 5:  Formato de registro de 
alimentación animal  (Annex 5:  Animal feeding form);  Anexo 6:  Formato para registro 
de aplicación de fertilizantes  (Annex 6:  Form for recording fertilizer usage);  
Anexo 7:  Formato para el Seguimiento sanitario (Annex 7:  Sanitary monitoring form);  
Anexo 8:  Formato de Control de depredadores (Annex 8:  Pest control form);  
Anexo 9:  Formato para registro de ingreso  y salida de personas, vehículos y animales  
(Annex 9:  Form for recording the entry a nd exit of persons, vehicles and animals);  
Anexo 10:  Formato para registr o de capacitación de personal (Annex 10:  Staff training 
form);  and Anexo 11:  Formato de Procedimient o Operativo Estandarizado (POE), para 
documentar los procedimientos ejecutados en la explotación (Annex 11:  Standard 
Operating Procedure (SOP) form for recording procedures carried out in the establishment) 
(available in Spanish). 
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:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  24 February 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  Add ress, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Información 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso Tel.: +(571) 241 0478 
Fax: +(571) 241 0480 
or  G/SPS/N/COL/183 
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   Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA 
Subgerencia de Regulación Sanitaria y Fitosanitaria Dirección Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales Calle 37 # 8-43 Piso 4 Oficina 411 Tel.: +(571) 2872728 
Fax: +(571) 285 3485 
Website: http://www.ica.gov.co
 
13. Texts available from:  [ 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  
Enquiry point
: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.: +(571) 6067676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(571) 2410480 
 
The text is available online at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/COL/09_4141_00_s.pdf