. /.    WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/138 
30 November 2009 
 (09-6040) 
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):   Land snails 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Instituto Colombiano Agropec uario - ICA "Por medio de la cual se 
establecen los requisitos para el registro y la s condiciones sanitarias para los predios 
productores del caracol terrestre Helix aspersa y se dictan otras disposiciones" 
(Draft Resolution of the Colombian Agricu ltural Institute (ICA) "laying down the 
registration and sanitary requirements for establishments that breed Helix aspersa  land 
snails and adopting other provisi ons") (11 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   This draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  scope;  
definitions;  registration;  registration proce dures;  technical visit;  issue and validity of 
registration;  amendments;  obligations;  offi cial monitoring;  documentation;  penalties and 
period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of animal life and health. 
8. Relevant documents:   Manual sanitario para el establecimiento de zoocriaderos de 
caracol de tierra Helix aspersa (Sanitary manual for setting up facilities to breed Helix 
aspersa  land snails);  Anexo 2:  Formato para inventario de almacenamiento de alimento 
(Annex 2:  Food storage inventory form);  Anexo 3:  Formato de inventario para 
almacenamiento de medicamentos veterinarios y biológicos (Annex 3:  Inventory form for 
storage of veterinary and biological medicines);  Anexo 4:  Formato de uso de 
medicamentos veterinarios  (Annex 4:  Form for recording veterinary medicine use);  
Anexo 5:  Formato de registro de alimentación animal  (Annex 5:  Animal feeding form);  
Anexo 6:  Formato para registro de aplicación de fertilizantes  (Annex 6:  Form for 
recording fertilizer usage);  Anexo 7:   Formato para el Seguimiento sanitario 
(Annex 7:  Sanitary monitoring form);  Anexo 8:  Formato de Control de depredadores G/TBT/N/COL/138 
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  (Annex 8:  Pest control form);  Anexo 9:  Formato para registro de ingreso y salida de 
personas, vehículos y animales  (Annex 9:  Form for recording the entry and exit of persons, 
vehicles and animals);  Anexo 10:  Formato para registr o de capacitación de personal 
(Annex 10:  Staff training form);  and Anexo 11:  Formato de Procedimiento Operativo 
Estandarizado (POE), para documentar los pro cedimientos ejecutados en la explotación 
(Annex 11:  Standard Operating Procedure (SOP ) form for recording procedures carried out 
in the establishment). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Date of publication in the Official Journal  
10. Final date for comments:   24 February 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  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.: +(57-1) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(57-1) 241 0480 
 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(57-1) 241 0478 
 The text is available online at: https://servicios.vuce.gov.co/puntoc/vern.php