. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/145 
3 August 2007 
 (07-3323) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member 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 sh ould be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Animals, plants and agricultural products and by-products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
 
 Trading partners of Colombia  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Proyecto  de Resolución del 
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario "Por la cual  se reglamenta las Evaluaciones de Riesgos de 
las Plagas en los Vegetales y de las Enferm edades en los Animales para la Importación y 
Exportación de Bienes Agropecuarios y Der oga la Resolución Nº 1277 de Junio 09 de 2004"  
(Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) Draft Resolution "Regulating plant pest and animal 
disease risk assessments in relation to the impor tation and exportation of agricultural goods and 
Abrogation of Resolution No. 1277 of 9 June 2004") (5 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified  draft Resolution regulates the provisions governing risk 
assessments in Colombia and defines the require ments for and the process for conducting risk 
assessments relating to the introduction of pests and diseases into national territory. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [ X ] 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),  
[ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures 
(ISPM) No. 2 of November 1995 and Internatio nal Standard for Phytosanitary Measures 
(ISPM) No. 11 of May 2001 G/SPS/N/COL/145 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Colombian Agricultural 
Institute (ICA) Resolution No. 1277 of 9 June 2004, notified in document G/SPS/N/COL/84 of 
9 July 2004, and ICA Resolution No. 179 of 24 January 2002 (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  For Andean Community member countries, as of the date 
of entry in the Andean Community Sub-Regional Register; for third countries, 60 days after 
notification to the World Trade Organization. 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after notification by the World Trade Organization. 
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:  
Enquiry Point   
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 Nº 13A – 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 241-0478 Fax: +(571) 241-0480 
or 
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario
 
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 notificati on 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 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Enquiry Point : 
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R. Tel.: +(571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(571) 241-0480 
E-mail:   drico@mincomercio.gov.co Web site:  http://www.mincomercio.gov.co