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G/SPS/N/COL/236 
5 June 2012 
 (12-2947) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Paddy rice 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners [X] Specific regions or countries:  United States of America  
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución de l Instituto Colombiano 
Agropecuario - ICA "Por medio de la cual  se establecen medidas fitosanitarias para el 
transporte de arroz paddy (Oryza sativa) im portado para uso industrial procedente de 
Estados Unidos y para el manejo de los residuos resultantes de su procesamiento en 
Colombia" (Draft Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution "Establishing 
phytosanitary measures applicable to the transport of paddy rice ( Oryza sativa ) imported 
from the United States of America for industria l use and to the handling of waste from its 
processing in Colombia") Language(s):  Spanish Number of pages:  4 
Text available at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/COL/12_2146_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  
Scope;  Cleaning and disinfection of equipment, tools and infrastructure;  Transport;  Handling of waste from the processing of imported paddy rice;  Official control;  Penalties;  
and Period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [X] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/COL/236 
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  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. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] 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:  International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 14:  "The use of integrated measures in a 
systems approach for pest risk management". 
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) :  4 August 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 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.: (+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 - 18, Piso 4, Oficina 411 
Zona Industrial - Puente Aranda Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+57) 1 332-3700, Ext. 1515 Fax: (+57) 1 288-4800 Website: http://www.ica.gov.co   G/SPS/N/COL/236 
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  13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification 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. 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.: (+57-1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (+57-1) 606-4777 
 Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: (+57-1) 606-4775