. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/141 
3 July 2007 
 (07-2834) 
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):  Domestic equidae and products thereof 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
 
 Andean Community member countries and third-country trading partners of 
Colombia  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución 
de la Secretaría General de la Comuni dad Andina "Norma Sanitaria Andina para el 
Comercio o la Movilización Intrasubregi onal y con Terceros Países de Équidos 
Domésticos y sus Productos"   (Draft Resolution of the General Secretariat of the Andean 
Community "Andean health standard govern ing trade in and movement of domestic 
equidae and products thereof at intra-subregiona l level and with third countries") (24 pages, 
in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:  Health requirements for international trade in and movement of 
domestic equidae and products thereof;  Pu rpose;  Scope and content;  Official bodies 
responsible;  Tariff headings and list of equidae and products thereof;  General 
requirements for live domestic equidae;  Specifi c requirements for live animals;  General 
requirements for products of equidae;  Specific requirements for products of equidae. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [  ] 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:    G/SPS/N/COL/141 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Resolutions 
Nos. 347 and 449 of the Council of the Cartagena Agreement and No. 434 of the General Secretariat of the Andean Community (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Date on which the Resolution is signed 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  The measures necessary to ensure the implementation 
of this Resolution must be adopted within a period of ninety (90) calendar days as from the 
date of its publication in the Gaceta Oficial del Acuerdo de Cartagena (Official Gazette of 
the Cartagena Agreement). 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after notification by the World Trade 
Organization 
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 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(571) 241-0478 
Fax: +(571) 241-0480 
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) 285-3485 Fax: +(571) 232-4695 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 
Enquiry point
: 
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Tel.: +(571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(571) 241-0480 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co