WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/187 
16 February 2010 
 (10-0866) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:   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):  Plants, plant products, animals and animal products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or 
[ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución del Instituto Colombiano 
Agropecuario - ICA "Por medio de la cual  se dictan disposiciones para la importación y 
exportación de plantas, productos vegetales,  artículos reglamentados, animales y sus 
productos"  (Draft Resolution of the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) "issuing 
provisions for the import and export of plants , plant products, regulated items, animals and 
animal products") Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  6 
6. Description of content:  This draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose:  To 
establish the requirements for imports and expor ts of plants, plant products, regulated 
items, animals and animal products;  Scope;  Definitions;  Requirements;  Imports; 
Examination and inspection;  Phytosanitary or animal health export certificate;  Official 
monitoring;  Penalties;  Registration;  Notification and period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission  (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/COL/187 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No  
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: 
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Colombian 
Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution No. 1317 of 31 May 2007, notified in document 
G/SPS/N/COL/140 (available in Spanish) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Date of publication in the Official Journal. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Si x months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  The notified Resolution comes into e ffect for Andean Community member 
countries upon its entry in the Andean Community Sub-Regional Register and for third countries, on the date of its publication in the Official Journal. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  17 April 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.   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, tercer piso 
Tel.: +(571) 606 4775 Fax: +(571) 606 4777 
or Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA 
Subgerencia de Regulación Sanitaria y Fitosanitaria 
Dirección Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales 
Calle 37 #  8-43,  Piso 4, Oficina 411 Bogotá D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 287 2728 Fax: +(571) 285 3485 
Website: http://www.ica.gov.co
  G/SPS/N/COL/187 
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  13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  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. Tel.: +(571) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(571) 606 4777 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co 
 Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
The text is available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/COL/10_0689_00_s.pdf