. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/114 
6 June 2006 
 (06-2684) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Shrimp and fish 
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 Nº 001414 del 
26 de Mayo de 2006 del Instituto Colombiano Ag ropecuario "por la cual se establece el 
registro ante el ICA de productores de ca marón y de peces para consumo humano con 
destino a la exportación"  (Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution No. 001414 
of 26 May 2006 "establishing the ICA register of producers of shrimp and fish for human 
consumption for export") (4 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Establishment of the ICA register of producers of shrimp and fish 
for human consumption for export;  Purposes;  Information;  Obligations;  Control;  Penalties and Entry into force. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection,  
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests  
8. International standard, guideline 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:   Decree No. 2141 of 
1992 and Decree No. 1840 of 1994. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   26 May 2006 
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. G/SPS/N/COL/114 
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  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