. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/143 
3 July 2007  
 (07-2839)  
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:  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):  Bovine, bubaline, avian, porcine, equi ne, ovine, caprine and aquatic species 
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 001599 
del 20 de junio de 2007 del In stituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA "Por la cual se 
dictan disposiciones para el registro de los Laboratorios de Diagnóstico Veterinario" 
(Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution No. 001599 of 20 June 2007 
"Establishing provisions governing the registra tion of veterinary dia gnostic laboratories")  
(8 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified Resolution establishes the following:  Registration 
requirements for veterinary diagnostic la boratories; Documentation requirements; 
Registration of professionals; Issuance of regi stration; Term and renewal of registration; 
Extension of registration; Amendment of regi stration; Obligations of the registrant; and 
Final provisions. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety,  [ X ] 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:  Law No. 232 of 
1995, Decree No. 1840 of 1994, Decree No. 1454 of 2001 and the Manual of Good 
Laboratory Practice ( Manual de Buenas Prác ticas de Laboratorio ) of the Colombian 
Agricultural Institute (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  20 June 2007 G/SPS/N/COL/143 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Within a period of one (1) year as from the date of 
publication in the Official Journal. 
12. Final date for comments:  28 September 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:    
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 - ICA 
Calle 37 #  8-43, Oficina 409 
Bogotá, D.C.,  Colombia Tel.:   + (571) 285-3485 Fax:   + (571) 232-4695 Website:   http://www.ica.gov.co 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation 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 Website:   http://www.mincomercio.gov.co