. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/137 
10 November 2009 
 (09-5607) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario , ICA  (Colombian Agricultural 
Institute) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Ministerio de 
Comercio, Industria y Turismo  (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism) 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Seeds 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Instituto Colombiano Agropec uario - ICA "Por medio de la cual se 
establecen los requisitos para la producci ón, acondicionamiento, importación, 
exportación, almacenamiento, comercializaci ón y/o uso de semillas para siembra en el 
país, su control y se dictan otras disposiciones"  (Draft Resolution of the Colombian 
Agricultural Institute (ICA) establishing the requirements for the production, processing, 
importation, exportation, storage, marketing and/or use of seeds for sowing in Colombia, 
and adopting monitoring-rela ted and other provisions)  (44 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:   This draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  scope;  
definitions;  seed production and marketing systems;  agronomic assessment tests;  semi-commercial tests;  registration;  technical visit;  issue and validity;  registration 
entitlements;  amendment of registration;  obligations;  prohibitions;  plant breeders' rights;  
retaining of harvested crops;  complaints;  imports for research purposes;  crop information 
system;  labelling;  repackaging of seeds;  official monitoring;  penalties and period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of plant life and health and prevention of misleading practices. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law No. 101 of 1993, Decree No. 1840 of 1994, Decree No. 3761 
of 2009, and Colombian Agricultural Institu te Resolution No. 148 of 18 January 2005. G/TBT/N/COL/137 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Date of publication in the Official Journal  
10. Final date for comments:   5 February 2010 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:  
Enquiry Point : 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. Tel.: +(57-1) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(57-1) 241 0480 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co / Pu ntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
 Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(57-1) 241 0478  The text is available on the Notification a nd Technical Regulation Information System 
(SIRT) website: 
http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/SIRT/register/readnot.aspx?numreg=421