WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/191 
20 April 2010 
 (10-2002) 
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):  Diethylstilbestrol (DES) 
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 prohíbe la importación, comercialización y 
uso de dietilestilbestrol en la producci ón de insumos veterinarios, así como su 
administración en cualquier especie animal" (Draft Resolution of the Colombian 
Agricultural Institute (ICA) "Prohib iting the importation and marketing of 
diethylstilbestrol, its use in the production of veterinary inputs and its administration to any 
species of animal").  Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  Prohibition, notification and period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] 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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] None G/SPS/N/COL/191 
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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:  Bulletin of the 
World Health Organization No. 4 of 2004;  Directive 2003/74/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 Sept ember 2003 amending Council Directive 96/22/EC 
concerning the prohibition on the use in st ockfarming of certain substances having a 
hormonal or thyrostatic ac tion and of beta-agonists. 
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:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  14 July 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:  
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.: +(571) 606-4775 Fax: +(571) 606-4777 
or 
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario – ICA 
Subgerencia de Regulación Sanitaria y Fitosanitaria Dirección Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales Calle 37 # 8-43, Piso 4, Oficina 411 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(571) 287-2728 Fax: +(571) 285-3485 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.: +(571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(571) 606-4777 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co