WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/188 
29 March 2010 
 (10-1688) 
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):  Bio-inputs 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución del Instituto Colombiano 
Agropecuario – ICA "Por medio de la cual se establecen los requisitos para el registro de 
departamentos técnicos de ensayos de efic acia, productores e importadores de bioinsumos 
de uso agrícola y se dictan otras disposiciones" (Draft Resolution of the Colombian 
Agricultural Institute "Laying down requireme nts for the registration of efficacy trial 
technical departments and producers and importe rs of agricultural bio-inputs and adopting 
other provisions")  Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  26 
Text available at: http://members.wto.org /crnattachments/2010/sps/COL/10_1306_00_s.pdf
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Resolution lays down the requirements 
governing the registration of efficacy trial technical departments, the production and 
importation of agricultural bio-inputs and c ontrols over the marketing, use and proper 
handling of such products.  The Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  
Definitions;  Registration;  Inspection;  Issue of producer, importer and efficacy trial 
technical department registration;  Obligations ;  Prohibitions;  Experimentation;  Procedure 
for conducting agronomic efficacy trials;  Product registration;  Issue of product 
registration;  Registration amendments;  Ma rking and labelling;  Official control;  
Documentation;  Transitional provisi on;  Penalties;  Period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/COL/188 
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  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 
 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:  Decree 
(Decreto ) No. 1840 of 3 August 1994;  Colomb ian Agricultural Institute Resolution 
(Resolución ) No. 375 of 27 February 2004;  Co lombian Technical Standard (NTC) 
No. 4612:  Agentes biológicos para el control de plagas.  Agentes Microbianos a base de 
hongos y bacterias.  Rotulado  (Biological pest control agents.  Bacterial and fungal 
microbial agents.  Labelling);  and Colomb ian Technical Standard (NTC) No. 4422:  
Agentes biológicos para el control de plagas.  Agentes Microbianos a base de hongos y 
bacterias.  Parte 1:  Producción;  Parte 2:  Especificaciones para el producto (Biological 
pest control agents.  Bacterial and fungal microbi al agents.  Part 1:  Production;  Part 2:  
Product specifications) (available in Spanish). 
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 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  25 June 2010 
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:  
Servicio Nacional de Información 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 13A – 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 606-4775 
Fax: +(571) 606-4777 
  G/SPS/N/COL/188 
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   or 
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.: +(571) 287-2728 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 N° 13A – 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  Enquiry Point
: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Tel.: +(571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(571) 606-4777 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co