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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/COL/72
27 October 2003
(03-5684)
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:  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):  Seed potatoes
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Countries which export seed potatoes to Colombia
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Colombian Agricultural
Institute (ICA) Resolution No. 02501 of 10 September 2003 Establishing the MinimumSpecific Requirements for the Production of Certified Seed Potatoes  (9 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  General, phase I and II requirements, inspections, varietal purity
and health, quality requirements, treatment, packaging, labelling, tagging and marketing.
7. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,
[ X ] protect territory from other damage from pests
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[    ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[    ] 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:  -
10. Proposed date of adoption:  10 September 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  17 September 2003G/SPS/N/COL/72
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12. Final date for comments:  17 November 2003
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA)
Agricultural Risks and Intern ational Affairs Analysis Group
Calle 37 #8-43, Office 409
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Tel.:  (571) 285-3485
Fax:  (571) 232-4695
E-mail:  analisis.riesgos@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:
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
Regulation Department
Calle 28, No. 13A - 15, 1st floor
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co
Jcrondon@mincomercio.gov.co
COLOMBIA@mincomercio.gov.co (Enquiry point)
Tel.:  (571) 350-5500, Ext. 713
Fax:  (571) 350-9564