WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/207 
13 October 2010 
 (10-5243) 
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):  Animal and plant species 
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 No. 002895 del 6 de septiembre de 2010 del 
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA "P or medio de la cual se establecen las plagas 
cuarentenarias sometidas a control oficial au sentes y presentes en el territorio nacional" 
(Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) R esolution No. 002895 of 6 September 2010 
"Establishing the quarantine p ests both present and not present  in Colombian national 
territory which are subject to official control") Language:  Spanish  Number of pages:  55 
Text available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/COL/10_3871_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  List of 
quarantine pests not present in Colombia:  Arthropods;  Fungi, chromists and similar 
organisms;  Weeds;  Nematodes;  Prokaryot es;  and Viruses;  List of quarantine pests 
present in Colombia;  Notification;  and Period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] 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)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  G/SPS/N/COL/207 
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  [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: 
Not applicable. 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  6 September 2010, the date on which the 
Resolution was signed. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  7 September 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  As of 7 September 2010, the date of publication in the Official Journal. 
[X] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
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 
or 
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA 
Subgerencia de Regulación Sanitaria y Fitosanitaria Dirección Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales Carrera 41 # 17 - 84, Piso 4, Oficina 411 (Zona Industrial Puente Aranda) 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(57 1) 332-3700 Fax: +(57 1) 288-4800 Website: http://www.ica.gov.co/
  G/SPS/N/COL/207 
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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:  
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.: +(57 1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(57 1) 606-4777