. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/177 
14 September 2009  
 (09-4307) 
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):  Meat of bovine animals and swine 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Panama  
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución del Instituto Colombiano 
Agropecuario - ICA "Por medio de la cual se autoriza el ingreso de carne de bovino y 
porcino procedente de Panamá para el consumo local en el municipio de Juradó (Chocó) 
sin Documento Zoosanitario para Importación" (Draft Resolution of the Colombian 
Agricultural Institute (ICA) "Authorizing the entry of meat of bovine animals and swine 
from Panama for local consumption in the m unicipality of Juradó (Department of Chocó) 
without animal health import documents") Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  Authorization;  Ban on the movement of meat;  Penalties;  
Notification;  and Entry into force. 
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 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No  G/SPS/N/COL/177 
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    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:  Law No. 395 
of 1997, Decree No. 1840 of 1994 and Resolution No. 320 of 2009 of the Colombian 
Agricultural Institute (ICA). 
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 
[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: 
National Enquiry Point 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso Tel.: +(571) 241-0478 Fax: +(571) 241-0480 or 
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario 
Direccion Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales - ICA 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 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  Enquiry Point
: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
E-mail:   drico@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.: +(571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(571) 241-0480 Website: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co