. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/95 
7 January 2005 
 
 (05-0066) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Live terrestrial and aquatic an imals and the products thereof  
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:  Proyecto de Resolución 
"Por la cual se establece la obligación de inscripción ante el ICA de los establecimientos 
extranjeros que deseen exportar a Colombia ani males terrestres y acuáticos vivos, sus 
productos u otros de riesgo para la sanidad animal del país y se derogan las Resoluciones 
889 de 19 de abril de 2002 y 3780 de 23 de diciembre de 2002"  (Draft Resolution 
Establishing the Requirement for Foreign Estab lishments Wishing to Export to Colombia 
Live Terrestrial or Aquatic Animals, the Pr oducts Thereof or Other Products Posing a Risk 
to the Country's Animal Health to Register  with the ICA, and Repealing Resolutions 
Nos. 889 of 19 April 2002 and 3780 of 23 December 2002)  (5 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This draft Resolution establishes the requirement for foreign 
establishments wishing to export to Colombia terrestrial or aquatic animals, the products 
thereof or other products posing a risk to the co untry's animal health to register with the 
ICA, a procedure necessitating prior authoriza tion by the Institute.  Registration, Scope, 
Registration renewal, Validity, Fees and Effective period. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] 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:   Andean Community Decision No. 515 
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Andean Community 
Decision No. 515 G/SPS/N/COL/95 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:   60 days as from the date of notification to the WTO and, for 
Andean Community Member Countries, once th e Standard has been entered in the Sub-
Regional Register. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
12. Final date for comments:   1 March 2005 
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: 
Servicio Nacional de Información  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, primer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 703 Fax: (571) 350-5211 
and 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: 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, primer piso  
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Enquiry Point: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co  
Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 713 Fax: (571) 350-9564 Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co