WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/190 
15 April 2010 
 (10-1935) 
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):  Genetic material 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución del Instituto Colombiano 
Agropecuario – ICA "Por medio de la cual se establecen las condiciones sanitarias y de 
bioseguridad en la importación, procesamiento  y comercialización de material genético de 
especies de interés zootécnico " (Draft Resolution of the Colombian Agricultural Institute 
"Laying down sanitary and biosecurity requi rements for the importation, processing and 
marketing of genetic material from species of zootechnical interest") Language:  Spanish 
Number of pages:  29 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/COL/10_1490_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified text lays down the sanitary and biosecurity 
requirements to be met by natural and legal persons importing, gathering, processing and 
marketing genetic material from species of zoot echnical interest.  It covers the following:  
Purpose;  scope;  definitions;  registration;  registration procedures;  inspection;  technical 
visit;  issue of registration;  amendment of  registration;  renewal of registration;  
obligations;  labelling;  documentation;  offi cial monitoring;  penalties;  transitional 
provision;  and period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] 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/190 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[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:  Colombian 
Agricultural Institute Resolutions No. 28 20 of 11 October 2001 and No. 1426 of 
24 June 2002 (available in Spanish). 
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:  [ ] Si x months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Twelve (12) months from the date of publication in the Official Journal. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  12 July 2010 
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 No. 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 
Calle 37 # 8-43, Piso 4, Oficina 411 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(57 1) 287 2728 Fax: +(57 1) 285 3485 
Website:  http://www.ica.gov.co/
  G/SPS/N/COL/190 
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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 No. 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