. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/88 
2 March 2007 
 
 (07-0890) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circulat ed in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural  (Ministry of 
Agriculture and Rural Development) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and website 
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):   Bovine and bubaline 
animals 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA "Por la cual se reglamentan las 
condiciones sanitarias y de inocuidad en la producción primaria de ganado bovino y 
bufalino" (Draft Colombian Agricultural Institute  (ICA)  Resolution "regulating the sanitary 
and safety requirements governing the primary production of bovine and bubaline animals ") 
(16 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution establishes the sanitary requirements 
for primary production establishments engaged in the production of bovine and bubaline 
animals for human consumption;  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  Registration of 
establishments;  Registration procedure;  Assessment of estab lishments;  Sanitary 
requirements for premises, facilities and land ;  Sanitation plan;  Requirements for the 
storage of agricultural and livestock inputs;  Animal health and biosecurity;  Traceability;  
Good practices in the use of veterinary drugs;  Prohibited substances;  Restricted 
substances;  Good practices for animal feeding;  Animal welfare;  Staff;  Registration of 
vehicles engaged in the transport of live bovine and bubaline animals;  Requirements for 
vehicles engaged in the transport of live bovine and bubaline animals;  Requirements for carriers of live bovine and bubaline animals;  Conditions for the transport of bovine and bubaline animals;  and Penalty system. G/TBT/N/COL/88 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture 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:   Decrees Nos. 1594 and 1840 of 1994 of the Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural Development and Resolutions Nos. 150 and 3759 of 2003 of the Colombian 
Agricultural Institute - ICA. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Within a period of up to five (5) years as of the date of publication in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   28 May 2007 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and website 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.co munidadandina.org/sirt 
 
Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural 
Dirección de Desarrollo Tecnol ógico y Protección Sanitaria 
Avenida Jiménez Nº 7 - 65 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: (+571) 243-7919, Ext. 446 
Fax:  (+571) 282-8173 
E-mail:   msaavedra@minagricultura.gov.co Web site: http://www.minagricultura.gov.co