. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/150 
31 October 2007 
 (07-4721) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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):  Shrimp feed 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 All trading partners of Colombia.  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Resolución Nº 002778 del 
18 de octubre de 2007 del Instituto Colombi ano Agropecuario "Por la cual se adoptan 
requisitos transitorios para la importación de alimentos destinados a la alimentación de los 
camarones en todas sus etapas productivas"  (Colombian Agricultural Institute Resolution 
No. 002778 of 18 October 2007 "Adopting temporary import requirements for feed for shrimps at all stages of production") (2 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:  The notified Resolution  temporarily  adopts the Andean animal 
health certificate for the importation of shrimp feed. 
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:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Colombian 
Agricultural Institute Resolution No. 004 of 4 January 2005, notified in document 
G/SPS/N/COL/95/Add.1 of 25 April 2005 (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  18 October 2007 G/SPS/N/COL/150 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in Official Journal No. 46.790 of 
23 October 2007. 
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:  
 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 – ICA
 
 Grupo de Análisis de Riesgos Agropecuarios y Asuntos Internacionales 
 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 notificati on 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