WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/213 
10 January 2011 
 (11-0155) 
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):  Plant material of  Musaceae (plantain, banana and ornamental varieties) 
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 medi o de la cual se establecen medidas de carácter fitosanitario 
para el ingreso de material veg etal de musáceas a Colombia" (Draft Colombian 
Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution "Establishing  phytosanitary measures for the entry 
into Colombia of Musaceae plant material) Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  3 
Text available online at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/COL/11_0002_00_s.pdf
 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Resolution prohib its the entry into Colombia of 
all plant material of Musaceae (plantain, banana  and ornamental varieties) from countries 
that have reported or recorded the presence of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum 
f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (Foc TR4).  It also contains provisions relating to phytosanitary certification, notification, and the 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)  G/SPS/N/COL/213 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[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: 
Resolución N°  431 del 20 de septiembre de 1996 de la Junta del Acuerdo de Cartagena, 
"Norma Andina sobre requisitos fitosanitarios  de aplicación al comercio de productos 
agrícolas"  (Resolution No. 431 of 20 September 1996 of the Council of the Cartagena 
Agreement, "Andean Standard on phytosanita ry requirements applicable to trade in 
agricultural products") (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) :  Date of 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) :  11 March 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 
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/213 
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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