WORLD TRADE  
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G/SPS/N/COL/235 
3 May 2012 
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Committee on Sanitary and 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):  Agricultural 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 de l Instituto Colombiano 
Agropecuario - ICA "Por medio de la cual se autoriza la importación de insumos agrícolas 
para uso directo y se establecen los requisitos par a otorgar el registro de importador de 
insumos agrícolas para uso directo" (Draft Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) 
Resolution "Authorizing the importation of ag ricultural inputs for direct use and laying 
down the requirements governing the registrati on of importers of agricultural inputs for 
direct use") 
Language(s):  Spanish Number of pages:  6 
Text available at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/COL/12_1474_00_s.pdf  
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 app lication procedures;  Issuance and validity of, 
amendments to and cancellation of registration;  Associations 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:  [ ] 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/235 
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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:  Resolución 
N° 4174 del 6 de noviembre de 2009 del In stituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA  
(Colombian Agricultural Institute Resolution No. 4174 of 6 November 2009) 
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) :  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) :  18 July 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] 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 Tel.: (+57) 1 606-4775 
Fax: (+57) 1 606-4777 
 Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA Subgerencia de Regulación Sanitaria y Fitosanitaria Dirección Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales 
Carrera 41 #17 - 18, 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   G/SPS/N/COL/235 
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  13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (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) 606-4777 
 Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: (+57-1) 606-4775