. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/COL/173 
26 April 2012 
 (12-2217) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   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 app licable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Agricultural inputs 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Instituto Colombiano Agropecuar io - ICA "Por medio de la cual se autoriza 
la importación de insumos agrícolas para uso directo y se establecen los requisitos para 
otorgar el registro de importador de insumos agrícolas para uso directo"  (Draft 
Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) R esolution "Authorizing the importation of 
agricultural inputs for direct use and laying down the requirements governing the registration of importers of agricultural input s for direct use") (6 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  
Scope;  Definitions;  Importation of agricultural inputs for direct use;  Registration of agricultural input importers;  Registration appl ication procedures;  Issuance and validity of, 
amendments to and cancellation of registration;  Obligations of the registrant;  Prohibitions 
applicable to unions, federations and associati ons of producers registered as importers of 
agricultural inputs for direct use;  Post-registration monitoring activities;  Official control;  
Penalties;  and Period of validity.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of plant life and health. 
8. Relevant documents:   Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution No. 4174 of 
6 November 2009 
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. G/TBT/N/COL/173 
Page 2  
 
  10. Final date for comments:   18 July 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body: 
Enquiry Point: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Tel.: (+57-1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (+57-1) 606-4777 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  
 Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co  
Website: http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/sirt  
 
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA Subgerencia de Regulación Sanitaria y Fitosanitaria Dirección Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales Carrera 41 #17 - 81, Piso 4, Oficina 411 
Zona Industrial - Puente Aranda 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+57-1) 332-3700, Ext. 1515 Fax: (+57-1) 288-4800 Website: http://www.ica.gov.co  
 
Text also available at: 
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