. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/93 
17 April 2007 
 (07-1554) 
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 web site 
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):   Swine 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Resolución del Instituto Colomb iano Agropecuario - ICA "Por la cual se establecen los 
requisitos sanitarios y de inocuidad en  la producción primaria de ganado porcino" (Draft 
Colombian Agricultural Institute  (ICA)  Resolution "establishing the sanitary and safety 
requirements governing the primary producti on of swine") (21 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution establishes the sanitary requirements 
for primary production establishments engaged in the production of swine for human consumption;  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  Farm registration;  Assessment; Sanitary 
standards for pig farms;  Primary production safety assurance system;  Transport of live 
swine;  and Environmental aspects. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Protection of human life and health and the environment and prevention of practices 
liable to mislead, confuse or deceive consumers.  
8. Relevant documents:  Framework Decree, Decrees Nos. 1753 and 1840 of 1994, Decree 
No. 948 of 1995, Decree No. 1220 of 2005 and Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) 
Resolutions Nos. 150 and 3759 of 2003. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Within a period of up to three (3) years as from the date of publication in the Official Journal. G/TBT/N/COL/93 
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  10. Final date for comments:   10 July 2007 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available, of other body:  
Enquiry Point : 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Tel.: (+571) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (+571) 241 0480 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
 Tel.: (+571) 241 0478 Web site: http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/sirt  
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario
 
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 
Web site:   http://www.ica.gov.co