. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/100 
20 June 2005 
 
 (05-2583) 
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 should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) 
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:  Colombian Agricultural 
Institute Resolution No. 01063 of 22 March 2005 "issuing rules for the registration of 
persons involved in the import, marketing, research, biological development and quality 
control of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) of interest in the field of livestock health and production, their by-products and the products in which they are found" (available in Spanish, 7 pages). 
6. Description of content:   Registration of importers of GMOs  of livestock interest, their by-
products and the products in which they are f ound;  registration of a research unit where 
genetically modified animals or  micro-organisms are developed or handled in containment;  
registration of a research un it with non-genetically modified animals where GMOs are 
handled in containment;  obligations of  registrants;  and final provisions. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,   
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] 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:    
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption:   60 days after notification to the WTO and, for Andean 
Community countries, once the regulation has be en entered in the sub-regional register. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   As from the date of publication in the Diario Oficial  
(Official Journal). G/SPS/N/COL/100 
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 12. Final date for comments:   16 August 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: 
Servicio Nacional de Información (National Enquiry Point) 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, cuarto piso Tel.: (571) 6067676, Ext. 1690 Fax: (571) 2410478 
or 
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA) 
Grupo de Análisis de Riesgos Agropecuarios y Asuntos Internacionales - ICA 
Calle 37# 8-43 Oficina 409 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (571) 2853485 Fax: (571) 2324695 Website: http://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, cuarto piso  
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Enquiry Point
: 
Contact person :  Daniel Héctor Rico R.  
E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.: (571) 6067676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (571) 2410480 
Website: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co