WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/181 
9 November 2009  
 (09-5583) 
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):  Seeds 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or [ ] 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 la producción, 
acondicionamiento, importación, exportación, almacenamiento, comercialización y/o uso 
de semillas para siembra en el país, su control y se dictan otras disposiciones"  
(Draft Resolution of the Colombian Agri cultural Institute (ICA) establishing the 
requirements for the production, processing, im portation, exportation, storage, marketing 
and/or use of seeds for sowing in Colombia , and adopting monitori ng-related and other 
provisions)  Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  44 
6. Description of content:  This draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  scope;  
definitions;  seed production and marketing systems;  agronomic assessment tests;  semi-
commercial tests;  registration;  technical visit;  issue and validity;  registration 
entitlements;  amendment of registration;  obligations;  prohibitions;  plant breeders' rights;  retaining of harvested crops;  complaints;  imports for research purposes;  crop information 
system;  labelling;  repackaging of seeds;  official monitoring;  penalties and period of 
validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/COL/181 
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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. title or serial number of 
Codex standard or related text)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[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:  Law No. 101 
of 1993, Decree No. 1840 of 1994, Decree No. 3761 of 2009, and Colombian Agricultural Institute Resolution No. 148 of 18 January 2005. 
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) :  Upon 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) :  5 February 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:  
National Enquiry Point 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Tel.: +(571) 2410478 
Fax: +(571) 2410480 
or Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario 
Dirección Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales - ICA 
Calle 37 # 8-43 Oficina 507 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 2322201 Fax: +(571) 2853485 Website: http://www.ica.gov.co
  G/SPS/N/COL/181 
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  13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notifi cation 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 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Enquiry Point
 
Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Tel.: +(571) 6067676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(571) 2410480 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co, Punt ocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
 
The text is available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/COL/09_3880_00_s.pdf