. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/115 
6 June 2006 
 (06-2679) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   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):  Aquatic animals 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
 Trading partners of Colombia 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolución N° 001418 
del 26 de mayo de 2006 del Instituto Colombia no Agropecuario "Por la cual se exceptúan 
de Documento Zoosanitario para Importación algunos productos de animales acuáticos"   
(Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA)  Resolution No. 001418 of 26 May 2006 
"Exempting certain aquatic animal products  from animal health import documents") 
(3 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Exemption from animal health import documents for certain 
aquatic animal products;  products for human c onsumption;  products other than for human 
consumption;  and period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection,   
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests  
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE),  [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Resolution 
No. 003336 of 28 December 2004 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   26 May 2006 
 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon publication in the Official Journal, and, for 
Andean Community Member Countries, once the Resolution has been entered in the 
Sub-Regional Register. 
12. Final date for comments:   Sixty (60) days after notification to the WTO.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  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 Tel.: (571) 241-0478 Fax: (571) 241-0480  
or 
 
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA 
Grupo de Análisis de Riesgos Agropecuarios y Asuntos Internacionales  
Calle 37 #  8-43, Oficina 409 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: (571) 285-3485 Fax: (571) 232-4695 Web site: http://www.ica.gov.co
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or 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
: 
Contact person :  Daniel Héctor Rico R.  
E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co  
Tel.: (571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: (571) 241-0480 
Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co