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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures G/SPS/N/COL/339 Colombia 2022
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem,…
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem, Plant protection
 Other environmental requirements Agriculture
Draft Resolution establishing the ICA application…
Draft Resolution establishing the ICA application process for new products obtained through innovative genetic improvement, where the aim of this process is to determine whether such products are living modified organisms (LMOs) or conventional organisms.
The notified draft Resolution seeks to establish the ICA application process for new products obtained through innovative genetic improvement, where the aim of this process is to determine whether such products are living modified organisms (LMOs) or conventional organisms. The provisions established in the text will apply to all natural or legal persons conducting research into genetic improvement and evaluating, producing, importing and/or exporting products that have been obtained through the use of innovative genetic improvement techniques deriving from modern biotechnology, where the end product does not contain foreign genetic material.
Environment related objective
To protect animals and plants through establishing ICA application process for products that have been obtained through the use of innovative genetic improvement techniques deriving from modern biotechnology, where the end product does not contain foreign genetic material.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Draft Resolution establishing the ICA application process for new products obtained through innovative genetic improvement, where the aim of this process is to determine whether such products are living modified organisms (LMOs) or conventional organisms.
The notified draft Resolution seeks to establish the ICA application process for new products obtained through innovative genetic improvement, where the aim of this process is to determine whether such products are living modified organisms (LMOs) or conventional organisms. The provisions established in the text will apply to all natural or legal persons conducting research into genetic improvement and evaluating, producing, importing and/or exporting products that have been obtained through the use of innovative genetic improvement techniques deriving from modern biotechnology, where the end product does not contain foreign genetic material.
Animal or plant products that have been genetically improved through modern biotechnology (living modified organisms - LMOs) .
Type of measure
ICA application process for new products obtained through innovative genetic improvement
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Entry into force: The Resolution will enter into force on the date of publication in the Official Journal.
Keywords
Bio
Genetic
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures G/SPS/N/COL/342 Colombia 2022
Animal protection, Climate change mitigation and…
Animal protection, Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Plant protection
Risk assessment, Technical regulation or…
Risk assessment, Technical regulation or specifications
 Agriculture
Draft Resolution "establishing the…
Draft Resolution "establishing the conditions for the entry into the country of animals, plants and their products for which there are no sanitary and/or phytosanitary import requirements, and issuing other provisions".
The risk analysis process is a technical scientific procedure conducted in accordance with international standards to establish animal health or phytosanitary conditions or requirements for the entry of animals, plants and their products and to facilitate trade. It is therefore necessary to define and adopt new guidelines for the establishment of such requirements at the national level, which should address the current global uncertainty surrounding food insecurity, climate change and other global challenges for accessing new markets, be in line with the guidelines established by the World Trade Organization and the relevant international agreements, and take into account the technical rigour required for such processes. In light of the above, the draft Resolution, which seeks to establish the conditions for the entry into the country of animals, plants and their products for which there are no sanitary and/or phytosanitary import requirements, is being submitted.
Environment related objective
Protection of animals and plants by establishing the conditions for the entry into the country of animals, plants and their products for which there are no sanitary and/or phytosanitary import requirements and to define and adopt new guidelines which should address the current global uncertainty surrounding food insecurity, climate change and other global challenges.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Draft Resolution "establishing the conditions for the entry into the country of animals, plants and their products for which there are no sanitary and/or phytosanitary import requirements, and issuing other provisions".
The risk analysis process is a technical scientific procedure conducted in accordance with international standards to establish animal health or phytosanitary conditions or requirements for the entry of animals, plants and their products and to facilitate trade. It is therefore necessary to define and adopt new guidelines for the establishment of such requirements at the national level, which should address the current global uncertainty surrounding food insecurity, climate change and other global challenges for accessing new markets, be in line with the guidelines established by the World Trade Organization and the relevant international agreements, and take into account the technical rigour required for such processes. In light of the above, the draft Resolution, which seeks to establish the conditions for the entry into the country of animals, plants and their products for which there are no sanitary and/or phytosanitary import requirements, is being submitted.
Animals, plants and their products
Type of measure
Conditions for the entry into the country of animals, plants and their products
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Entry into force: The Resolution shall enter into force as from the date of its publication in the Official Journal
Keywords
Climate
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/COL/259 Colombia 2022
MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection
 Technical regulation or specifications Manufacturing
Resolution No. 634 of 17 June 2022 "…
Resolution No. 634 of 17 June 2022 "prohibiting, in accordance with the Montreal Protocol, the manufacture and importation of equipment and products that contain the controlled substances listed in Annexes A, B, C, E and F of the Montreal Protocol and/or that require those substances in order to be operational or to function, and adopting other provisions": The notified Resolution establishes provisions applicable to all natural and legal persons that manufacture and/or import certain equipment and products, where these contain, have required for their production and/or require in order to be operational or to function, the controlled substances listed in Annexes A, B, C, E and F of the Montreal Protocol.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by regulating controlled substances under the Montreal Protocol.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Resolution No. 634 of 17 June 2022 "prohibiting, in accordance with the Montreal Protocol, the manufacture and importation of equipment and products that contain the controlled substances listed in Annexes A, B, C, E and F of the Montreal Protocol and/or that require those substances in order to be operational or to function, and adopting other provisions": The notified Resolution establishes provisions applicable to all natural and legal persons that manufacture and/or import certain equipment and products, where these contain, have required for their production and/or require in order to be operational or to function, the controlled substances listed in Annexes A, B, C, E and F of the Montreal Protocol.
Equipment and products
Type of measure
Transparency principle
 ICS - HS Code
3813
3814
3907
3909
3921
7308
8415
8418
8421
8424
8429
8476
8479
8716
9505
Subsidy amount Implementation period
The measures set out in Chapter III of the Resolution will enter into effect upon the publication of this administrative act in the Official Journal. The other measures set out in the Resolution will enter into force three (3) months from the publication of this administrative act in the Official Journal.
Keywords
Environment
MEAs
Ozone
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/COL/253 Colombia 2022 Alternative and renewable energy Technical regulation or specifications Energy
The purpose of Resolution No. 40433 of 2021 is to…
The purpose of Resolution No. 40433 of 2021 is to issue the Emergency Technical Regulation establishing quality parameters and requirements for diesel fuel and its blends with biofuels and basic gasolines and gasolines oxygenated with denatured anhydrous fuel ethanol, for use in compression- and spark-ignition engines respectively, with a view to protecting the environment and health and improving the quality of liquid fuels.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by prescribing quality regulations on diesel and biodiesel.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
The purpose of Resolution No. 40433 of 2021 is to issue the Emergency Technical Regulation establishing quality parameters and requirements for diesel fuel and its blends with biofuels and basic gasolines and gasolines oxygenated with denatured anhydrous fuel ethanol, for use in compression- and spark-ignition engines respectively, with a view to protecting the environment and health and improving the quality of liquid fuels.
Diesel fuel and blends
Type of measure
Emergency technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
220710
220720
271012
271019
38260000
75.160.20
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Entry into force on 31 December 2021
Keywords
Bio
Environment
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/COL/1/ADD.3 Colombia 2022
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
 Ban/Prohibition Chemicals, Manufacturing
1. Prohibición para la importación o exportación…
1. Prohibición para la importación o exportación de cualquier variedad de asbesto y de los productos con él elaborados
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by prohibiting the import and export of asbestos and asbestos products under Article XX(b) of the GATT
Measure description Coverage of the measure
1. Prohibición para la importación o exportación de cualquier variedad de asbesto y de los productos con él elaborados
Amianto (asbesto); Fibras de crocidolita; Los demás productos de crocidolita; Manufacturas de amiantocemento, celulosacemento o similares; Amianto (asbesto) en fibras trabajado; Mezcla a base de amianto o base de amianto y carbonato de magnesio; manufacturas de estas mezclas o de amianto (por ejemplo; hilados, tejidos, prendas de vestir, sombreros y demás tocados, calzado, juntas), incluso armadas; Guarniciones de fricción (por ejemplo: hojas, rollos, tiras, segmentos, discos, arandelas, plaquitas) sin montar, para frenos, embragues o cualquier órgano de frotamiento, a base de amianto (asbesto), de otras sustancias minerales o de celulosa, incluso combinados con textiles o demás materias
Type of measure
P: Prohibition, P-X: Prohibition on exports
 ICS - HS Code
2524.10.10.00
2524.10.90.00
2524.90.00.00
6811.40.00.00
6812.80.00.00
6812.91.00.00
6812.92.00.00
6812.93.00.00
6812.99.10.00
6812.99.20.00
6812.99.30.00
6812.99.40.00
6812.99.50.00
6812.99.90.00
6813.20.00.00
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period: 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 17 April 2021
Keywords
Environment
Hazardous
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/COL/1/ADD.3 Colombia 2022
Air pollution reduction, Biodiversity and…
Air pollution reduction, Biodiversity and ecosystem, Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance
 Ban/Prohibition Chemicals
3. Prohibición de la producción, la importación y…
3. Prohibición de la producción, la importación y la exportación de productos con mercurio añadido. Dicho Convenio, acordado el 10 de octubre de 2013, tiene como objetivo proteger la salud humana y el medio ambiente de las emisiones y liberaciones antropógenas de mercurio y compuestos de mercurio, al considerarse que es un producto químico de preocupación mundial debido a su transporte a larga distancia en la atmósfera, su persistencia en el medio ambiente tras su introducción antropógena, su capacidad de bioacumulación en los ecosistemas y sus efectos adversos para la salud humana y el medio ambiente
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by conditionally prohibiting the import and export of mercury added products under Article XX(b) of the GATT and the Minamata Convention
Measure description Coverage of the measure
3. Prohibición de la producción, la importación y la exportación de productos con mercurio añadido. Dicho Convenio, acordado el 10 de octubre de 2013, tiene como objetivo proteger la salud humana y el medio ambiente de las emisiones y liberaciones antropógenas de mercurio y compuestos de mercurio, al considerarse que es un producto químico de preocupación mundial debido a su transporte a larga distancia en la atmósfera, su persistencia en el medio ambiente tras su introducción antropógena, su capacidad de bioacumulación en los ecosistemas y sus efectos adversos para la salud humana y el medio ambiente
Productos con mercurio añadido, incluyendo productos y preparaciones de belleza, maquillaje y cosméticos; jabones y productos tensoactivos para el lavado; insecticidas, fungicidas, herbicidas; pilas y baterías; interruptores; limitadores de tensión; pararrayos; Relés; lámparas y tubos de descarga; aparatos de electrodiagnóstico; termómetros y prirómetros; Densímetros, aerómetros
Type of measure
CP: Prohibition except under defined conditions, CP-X: Prohibition except under defined conditions for exportation, P: Prohibition, P-X: Prohibition on exports
 ICS - HS Code
3304.10.00.00
3304.20.00.00
3304.91.00.00
3304.99.00.00
3401.11.00.00
3401.19.10.00
3401.19.90.00
3401.20.00.00
3401.30.00.00
3808.59.00.10
3808.59.00.20
3808.59.00.30
3808.59.00.40
3808.59.00.50
3808.59.00.60
3808.59.00.90
8506.10.11.00
8506.10.12.00
8506.10.19.00
8506.10.91.10
8506.10.91.90
8506.10.92.00
8506.10.99.00
8506.30.10.00
8506.30.20.00
8506.30.90.00
8506.40.10.00
8506.40.20.00
8506.40.90.00
8506.50.10.00
8506.50.20.00
8506.50.90.00
8506.60.10.00
8506.60.20.00
8506.60.90.00
8506.80.10.00
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Information for the following biennial period: 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 17 April 2021
Keywords
Bio
Eco
Emissions
Environment
Hazardous
MEAs
Trade Facilitation G/TFA/N/COL/2/REV.1 Colombia 2022
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Other environmental risks mitigation, Waste management and recycling
Ban/Prohibition, Regulation affecting movement or…
Ban/Prohibition, Regulation affecting movement or transit
 Chemicals, Other
National Constituent Assembly: Ban on the…
National Constituent Assembly: Ban on the manufacture, importation, possession and use of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons and on the introduction into the territory of Colombia of nuclear or toxic waste
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by banning the manufacture, importation, possession, and use of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons and the introduction of nuclear or toxic waste
Measure description Coverage of the measure
National Constituent Assembly: Ban on the manufacture, importation, possession and use of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons and on the introduction into the territory of Colombia of nuclear or toxic waste
Chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons and nuclear and toxic waste
Type of measure
(f) import, export or transit restrictions or prohibitions
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Bio
Hazardous
Waste
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures G/SPS/N/COL/329 Colombia 2021
Animal protection, Environmental protection from…
Animal protection, Environmental protection from pests and diseases
 Technical regulation or specifications Other
Draft Resolution establishing sanitary and…
Draft Resolution establishing sanitary and biosecurity requirements for the registration of enterprises as collection and processing plants, processing units, collection units and importers of genetic material from species of zootechnical interest: The notified draft Resolution seeks to establish sanitary and biosecurity requirements for the registration of enterprises as collection and processing plants, processing units, collection units and importers of genetic material from species of zootechnical interest.
Environment related objective
To impose biosecurity requirements for imports of genetic material from species of zootechnical interest
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Draft Resolution establishing sanitary and biosecurity requirements for the registration of enterprises as collection and processing plants, processing units, collection units and importers of genetic material from species of zootechnical interest: The notified draft Resolution seeks to establish sanitary and biosecurity requirements for the registration of enterprises as collection and processing plants, processing units, collection units and importers of genetic material from species of zootechnical interest.
Genetic material from species of zootechnical interest
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Entry into force: The Resolution will enter into force from the date of publication in the Official Journal.
Keywords
Genetic
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures G/SPS/N/COL/330 Colombia 2021
Other environmental risks mitigation, Plant…
Other environmental risks mitigation, Plant protection, Soil management and conservation
 Technical regulation or specifications Agriculture, Chemicals
Draft Resolution establishing requirements for…
Draft Resolution establishing requirements for the registration and control of fertilizers, soil conditioners and related products for agricultural and garden use: The purpose of the notified draft Resolution is to establish requirements for the registration of manufacturers, formulators, packers and importers of fertilizers, soil conditioners and related products for agricultural and garden use and other provisions, with a view to minimizing associated health and environmental risks and protecting plant health in Colombia.
Environment related objective
To establish requirements for registration of fertilizers and soil conditioners to minimise environmental risks
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Draft Resolution establishing requirements for the registration and control of fertilizers, soil conditioners and related products for agricultural and garden use: The purpose of the notified draft Resolution is to establish requirements for the registration of manufacturers, formulators, packers and importers of fertilizers, soil conditioners and related products for agricultural and garden use and other provisions, with a view to minimizing associated health and environmental risks and protecting plant health in Colombia.
Fertilizers, soil conditioners and related products for agricultural and garden use
Type of measure
Technical regulation
ICS - HS Code
31
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Entry into force: The Resolution shall enter into force from the date of publication in the Official Journal.
Keywords
Environment
Soil
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures G/SPS/N/COL/331 Colombia 2021
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Other environmental risks mitigation
 Technical regulation or specifications Agriculture, Chemicals
Draft Resolution establishing registration…
Draft Resolution establishing registration requirements and procedures for manufacturers, formulators, packers, importers, exporters and/or distributors of chemical pesticides for agricultural use, as well as registration requirements for chemical pesticides for agricultural use, and other provisions: The purpose of the notified draft Resolution is to establish registration requirements and procedures for manufacturers, formulators, packers, importers, exporters and/or distributors of chemical pesticides for agricultural use, as well as registration requirements for chemical pesticides for agricultural use, and other provisions, with a view to minimizing associated health and environmental risks and protecting plant health in Colombia.
Environment related objective
To establish requirements for registration of chemical pesticides to minimise environmental risks
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Draft Resolution establishing registration requirements and procedures for manufacturers, formulators, packers, importers, exporters and/or distributors of chemical pesticides for agricultural use, as well as registration requirements for chemical pesticides for agricultural use, and other provisions: The purpose of the notified draft Resolution is to establish registration requirements and procedures for manufacturers, formulators, packers, importers, exporters and/or distributors of chemical pesticides for agricultural use, as well as registration requirements for chemical pesticides for agricultural use, and other provisions, with a view to minimizing associated health and environmental risks and protecting plant health in Colombia.
Chemical pesticides for agricultural use
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Entry into force: The Resolution will enter into force from the date of publication in the Official Journal.
Keywords
Environment