WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/214 
18 January 2011 
 (11-0302) 
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):  Maize and sorghum 
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. 004495 del 30 de diciembre de 2010 del 
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA "Por  medio de la cual se deroga la Resolución 
26 de 1996" (Colombian Agricultural Institute  (ICA) Resolution No. 004495 of 
30 December 2010 Repealing Resolution No. 26 of 1996) Language:  Spanish Number 
of pages:  2 
Text available at http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/COL/11_0123_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Resolution cove rs the following:  Purpose, 
Notification and Period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] 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)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/COL/214 
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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:  Colombian 
Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution No. 26 of 18 January 1996 (available in Spanish) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  30 December 2010, date on which the Resolution 
was signed 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  31 December 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  31 December 2010, the date of publication in Official Journal No. 47.939 
[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
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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.: +(57 1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(57 1) 606-4777 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co 
 Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co