. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/94 
7 January 2005 
 
 (05-0062) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Animals and animal products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Trading partners of Colombia. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución 
"Por la cual se adoptan medidas de índole sanitario para importaciones y exportaciones 
de animales y sus productos, se establ ecen algunas excepciones y se derogan las 
Resoluciones 1160 del 24 de mayo de 2002 y 3382 del 24 de noviembre de 2003"  
(Draft Resolution Adopting Health Measures Governing the Import and Export of Animals 
and Animal Products, Establishing Certai n Exceptions and Repealing Resolutions 
Nos. 1160 of 24 May 2002 and 3382 of 24 November 2003) (7 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Health measures governing th e import of animals and animal 
products; exceptions; health meas ures governing the export of an imals and animal products;  
period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection,  
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests  
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE),  [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   Andean Community Decision No. 515 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Andean Community 
Decision No. 515 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   60 days as from the date of notification to the WTO and, for 
Andean Community Member Countries, once th e Standard has been entered in the Sub-
Regional Register. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon publication in the Official Journal. G/SPS/N/COL/94 
Page 2  
 
 12. Final date for comments:   28 February 2005 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
National Enquiry Point
 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, primer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 703 Fax: (571) 350-5211 
and Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA
 
Grupo de Análisis de Riesgos Agropecuarios y Asuntos Internacionales 
Calle 37 # 8-43, Oficina 409 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (571) 285-3485 Fax:   (571) 232-4695 
Web site: www.ica.gov.co
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or 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, primer piso  Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Enquiry Point
 
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co  
Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 713 Fax: (571) 350-9564 Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co