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ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/COL/224 
8 August 2011  
 (11-3976) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  COLOMBIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaria General de la Comunidad Andina  (General Secretariat of 
the Andean Community) 
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):  Coffee beans 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners 
[ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolución 1421 de la Secretaria General de la 
Comunidad Andina "Re quisitos Fitosanitarios  de Aplicación al Co mercio Intrasubregional 
e Importación de Terceros Países de Granos de  Café (Coffea Canephora y Coffea Arabica) 
sin Tostar para uso Industrial"  (Resolution No. 1421 of the General Secretariat of the 
Andean Community:  "Phytosanitary requirements applicable to intra-subregional trade and 
imports from third countries of unroasted coffee ( Coffea Canephora  and Coffea Arabica ) 
beans for industrial use")  Language(s):  Spanish  Number of pages:  5 
Text available at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/COL/11_2638_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified Resolution contains narrative recitals, four Articles 
and an Annex and lays down the phytosanitary requirements applicable to intra-subregional 
trade and imports from third countries of unroasted coffee ( Coffea Canephora  and Coffea 
Arabica ) beans for industrial use. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] 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. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  G/SPS/N/COL/224 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] 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:  Decisión 515 
de la Comunidad Andina (Decision No. 515 of the Andean Community Commission) and 
Resolución 451 de la Junta del Acuerdo de Cartagena  (Resolution No. 451 of the Council 
of the Cartagena Agreement) (available in Spanish) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  28 June 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Date of publication in the Gaceta Oficial del 
Acuerdo de Cartagena  (Official Gazette of the Cartagena Agreement) 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  The notified resolution comes into ef fect for Andean Community member 
countries upon its entry in the Andean Community Subregional Register and, for third countries, on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette of the Cartagena Agreement. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  3 November 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] 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 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(57-1) 606-4775 Fax: +(57-1) 606-4777 
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:  Juan Diego Thorrens P. 
E-mail:  pregulacion2@mincomercio.gov.co  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.: +(57-1) 606-7676, Ext. 1392 
Fax:  +(57-1) 606-4777