WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/217 
21 April 2011 
 (11-2064) 
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):  Plants and plant products 
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:  Proyecto de Resolución del Instituto Colombiano 
Agropecuario - ICA "Por medio de la cual  se dictan disposiciones para la importación y 
exportación de plantas, productos veg etales ó artículos reglamentados" (Draft Colombian 
Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution "Issuin g provisions for the import and export of 
plants, plant products and regulated articles") Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  7 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/COL/11_1232_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose: 
To establish the requirements for imports, exports  and re-exports of plants, plant products 
and regulated articles;  Scope;  Definitions;  Requirements;  Imports;  Nationalization;  
Exports;  Official control;  Penalties;  Registra tion;  Notification;  and Period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] 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)  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/COL/217 
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   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:  Decreto 1840 
del 3 de agosto de 1994 (Decree No. 1840 of 3 August 1994);  Resolución N° 240 del 
17 de junio de 1999 de la Secretaria General de la Comunidad Andina (Resolution No. 240 
of 17 June 1999 of the General Secretariat of the Andean Community);  and 
Resolución N° 1558 del 7 de mayo de 2010 de l Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA 
(Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) Reso lution No. 1558 of 7 May 2010), notified in 
document G/SPS/N/COL/187/Add.1 (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:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  The notified Resolution comes into e ffect for Andean Community member 
countries upon its entry in the Andean Community Sub-Regional Register and, for third countries, on the date of its publication in the Official Journal. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  19 June 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.: +(571) 606-4775 Fax: +(571) 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/217 
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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. Tel.: +(571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(571) 606-4777 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co 
 Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co