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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/COL/66
19 August 2002
(02-4497)
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):  Veterinary medicinal products
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Countries with which Colombia trades in veterinary medicinal products.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  ICA Resolution No.
01799 of 31 July 2002 Establishing a Deadline for the Certification of Good Manufacturing
Practices by Laboratories Manufacturing Veterinary Medicinal Products and LocatedOutside the National Territory  (2 pages).
6. Description of content:  This Resolution extends to 16 May 2003 the deadline for laboratories
manufacturing veterinary medicinal products (VMPs) and located outside the national
territory to certify current Good Manufacturing Practices. The ICA shall conduct compliance
verification visits as of 17 May 2003 or earlier upon request. The failure to submit a
certificate of compliance is grounds for suspension of VMP registration.
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,  [ X ] Office International des Epizooties,[    ] International Plant Protection Convention, [    ] 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:  ICA Resolutions
Nos. 1056 of 1996 and 1827 of 30 August 2001  (in Spanish).
10. Proposed date of adoption:  31 July 2002
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon  publication in Official Journal No. 44894 of 8
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12. Final date for comments:  15 October 2002
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:
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
Subprev@impsat.net.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 Economic Development
Directorate of Commerce and Promotion of Competition
Carrera 13, No. 28 - 01, 7th floor
Bogotá, D.C., ColombiaTel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 713
Fax: (571) 350-9564
E-mail: normalizacion01@mindesa.gov.co
COLOMBIA@mindesa.gov.co  (Enquiry point)