. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/146 
19 April 2010 
 (10-1979) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario , ICA  (Colombian Agricultural 
Institute) Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Ministerio de 
Comercio, Industria y Turismo (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism) 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Genetic material 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Instituto Colombiano Agrop ecuario – ICA "Por medio de la cual se 
establecen las condiciones sanitarias y de bio seguridad en la importación, procesamiento y 
comercialización de material genético de especies de interés zootécnico"  (Draft Resolution 
of the Colombian Agricultural Institute "Laying down sanitary and biosecurity 
requirements for the importation, processing and marketing of genetic material from 
species of zootechnical interest") (29 pages, in  Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified text lays down the sanitary and biosecurity 
requirements to be met by natural and legal persons importing, gathering, processing and 
marketing genetic material from species of zoot echnical interest.  It covers the following:  
purpose;  scope;  definitions;  registration;  re gistration procedures;  inspection;  technical 
visit;  issue of registration;  amendment of  registration;  renewal of registration;  
obligations;  labelling;  documentation;  offi cial monitoring;  penalties;  transitional 
provision;  and period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of animal health. 
8. Relevant documents:   Colombian Agricultural Institute Resolutions No. 2820 of 
11 October 2001 and No. 1426 of 24 June 2002. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Twelve (12) months from date of publication in the Official Journal. G/TBT/N/COL/146 
Page 2  
 
  10. Final date for comments:   12 July 2010 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:  
Enquiry Point : 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co and Pu ntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.: +(57-1) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(57-1) 606 4777 
 Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 13A – 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(57-1) 606 4775 
Document available online at:  https://servicios.vuce.gov.co/puntoc/vern.php 
 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.: +(57-1) 287 2728 Fax: +(57-1) 285 3485 
Website: http://www.ica.gov.co
 
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