. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/133 
2 March 2007 
 (07-0893) 
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):  Coffee, not roasted: not decaffeinated  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners of Colombia 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolución Nº 000293 del 
9 de febrero de 2007 del Instituto Colombi ano Agropecuario "Por la cual se adoptan 
medidas fitosanitarias para prevenir el ingr eso a Colombia de plagas cuarentenarias que 
pueden diseminarse en café grano para uso en la industria"  (Colombian Agricultural 
Institute  (ICA)  Resolution No. 000293 of 9 February 2007 "a dopting phytosanitary 
measures to prevent the entry into Colombia of  quarantine pests that could spread in coffee 
beans for use in the food industry ")  (2 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Resolution establishes phytosanitary measures to 
prevent the entry into Colombia of quarantine pests;  Moisture content level; Packaging; 
Labelling; and Period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection,   
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [   ] protec t 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 th ese are available:   Análisis de Riesgos 
para Café en Grano   (Risk analysis for coffee beans)  (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   9 February 2007, the date on which the Resolution was signed. G/SPS/N/COL/133 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:   For Andean Community Member Countries, once the 
Resolution has been entered in the Sub-Re gional Register, and for third countries, 
60 calendar days as of the date of notification by the World Trade Organization (WTO). 
12. Final date for comments:   30 April 2007 
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: 
National Enquiry Point  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
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 notificati on authority, [ X ] Na tional enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E mail ad dress (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.  
Tel.: (+571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (+571) 241-0480 
E-mail: drico@mi ncomercio.gov.co 
Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co