WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/182 
17 November 2009 
 (09-5698) 
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):  Ferrets, rabbits, chinchillas, hams ters, guinea pigs and gerbils 
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 requisitos sanitarios para la 
introducción al País de Hurones, Conejos, Chinchillas, Hámster, Cobayos o Conejillo de 
Indias y Gerbos como animales de compañía" (Draft Resolution of the Colombian 
Agricultural Institute "Laying down health re quirements governing the entry into Colombia 
of pet ferrets, rabbits, chinchillas, hamsters, guinea pigs and gerbils") Language:  Spanish 
Number of pages:  6 
6. Description of content:  Purpose;  Scope;  General and specific requirements;  Inspection;  
Internal quarantine;  Penalties;  Notification;  and Period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ X] animal health, [ ] 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/182 
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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:  Decree 
(Decreto ) No. 1840 of 1994 
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) :  As from the 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) :  16 January 2010 
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: 
National Enquiry Point 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 13A  - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 241-0478 
Fax: +(571) 241-0480 
or Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA 
Dirección Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales Calle 37 # 8-43, Oficina 507 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(571) 232-2201 
Fax: +(571) 285-3485 Website: http://www.ica.gov.co
 
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  G/SPS/N/COL/182 
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   Enquiry Point : 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. Tel.: +(571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(571) 241-0480 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co 
 Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
 Document available online at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/COL/09_3929_00_s.pdf