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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | G/SPS/N/COL/221 | Colombia | 2011 | Animal protection | Ban/Prohibition, Conformity assessment procedures…
Ban/Prohibition, Conformity assessment procedures, Risk assessment
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Agriculture | Colombian Agricultural Institute Resolution No…
Colombian Agricultural Institute Resolution No. 002440 of 3 June 2011 "Suspending the importation into Colombia from the North Rhine-Westphalia region (Germany) of poultry and risk products capable of transmitting avian influenza"
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | G/SPS/N/COL/282 | Colombia | 2018 | Plant protection | Technical regulation or specifications | Agriculture | Draft Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA)…
Draft Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution establishing the procedure applicable to a cultivar where innovative plant-breeding techniques deriving from modern biotechnology have been used at some stage of the plant-breeding process, and the end product does not contain foreign genetic material
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/COL/232 | Colombia | 2018 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Conformity assessment procedures | Chemicals | Draft Decree regulating the integral management…
Draft Decree regulating the integral management of chemical substances for industrial use and containing other determinations. Its articles cover the following:
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Instruments for the management of chemical substances for industrial use; Register of chemical substances for industrial use; Obligation to conduct environmental and health risk assessments; Obligation to implement environmental and health risk reduction and management programmes; Environmental risk assessment; Health risk assessment; Environmental risk reduction and management programmes; Health risk reduction and management programme; Environmental monitoring of chemical substances for industrial use; Monitoring of the effects on health of the utilization of chemical substances for industrial use, Article 15. Intersectoral Follow-up Committee for the Management of Chemical Substances for Industrial Use (CISQUIN); Composition of CISQUIN; Functions of CISQUIN; Obligations of importers and manufacturers; Obligations of the marketers and distributors; Obligations of transporters; Obligations of users; Reliable data available; Mutual acceptance of data; Right to use information; Non-confidential information; Exchange of confidential information; Inspection, monitoring and control; and Period of validity |
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/COL/11 | Colombia | 2016 | General environmental protection | Import licences | Not specified | Import registration (automatic licence)…
Import registration (automatic licence) requirement for environmental protection controls
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Regional Trade Agreements | S/C/N/868 ; WT/REG375/N/1 | Colombia, Korea, Republic of | 2016 | General environmental protection | Environmental provisions in trade agreements | All products/economic activities | The Agreement establishes a free trade area for…
The Agreement establishes a free trade area for trade in goods and services within the meaning of GATT 1994 Article XXIV and GATS Article V. The Agreement contains initial provisions and general definitions, provisions on national treatment and market access for goods, rules of origin and origin procedures, customs administration and trade facilitation, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, trade remedies, investment, cross – border trade in services, temporary entry for business persons, telecommunications, electronic commerce, competition and consumer policy, government procurement, intellectual property rights, trade and sustainable development, cooperation, transparency, institutional provisions, dispute settlement, exceptions, and final provisions. The Agreement establishes a Joint Commission, which has authority regarding the implementation, interpretation, modification, and amendment of the Agreement and the settlement of disputes under the Agreement.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/COL/211 | Colombia | 2015 | General environmental protection | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Draft Ministry of Mines and Energy Resolution …
Draft Ministry of Mines and Energy Resolution "Issuing the Technical Regulation applicable to LPG cylinder depots, outlets and points of sale", with the purpose of protecting the environment.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/COL/212 | Colombia | 2015 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Conformity assessment procedures, Technical…
Conformity assessment procedures, Technical regulation or specifications
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Manufacturing | Draft Ministry of Mining and Energy Resolution …
Draft Ministry of Mining and Energy Resolution "Issuing the Technical Regulation on rational energy -use labelling for certain types of electrical and gas end-use equipment, for marketing in Colombia")
The notified text seeks to prevent practices likely to mislead consumers by providing consumers with useful information relating to the energy performance of the energy end-use equipment that they intend to buy and to national security in terms of ensuring energy supply through the use of systems and products that use energy in a rational manner. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/COL/213 | Colombia | 2015 | Air pollution reduction, Other environmental…
Air pollution reduction, Other environmental risks mitigation
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Conformity assessment procedures, Technical…
Conformity assessment procedures, Technical regulation or specifications
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Energy | Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Mines and…
Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Mines and Energy and the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development "Establishing technical regulations on the quality requirements to be met by anhydrous fuel ethanol and denatured anhydrous fuel ethanol used as oxygenates in gasoline, and laying down other provisions" .
The notified draft Resolution establishes the quality requirements to be met by anhydrous fuel ethanol and denatured anhydrous fuel ethanol for use in Colombia, with a view to protecting the environment and promoting the improvement of liquid fuels, in accordance with the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Policy, which aims to prevent and reduce air polluting emissions and noise. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/COL/214 | Colombia | 2015 | Sustainable and environmentally friendly…
Sustainable and environmentally friendly production
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Conformity assessment procedures, Technical…
Conformity assessment procedures, Technical regulation or specifications
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Manufacturing | Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Health and…
Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development "adopting the Technical Regulation establishing the maximum levels of phosphorus and the biodegradability of surfactants in detergents and soaps, and introducing other provisions".
The notified text establishes the maximum levels of phosphorus and the biodegradability of surfactants in detergents and soaps. |
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | G/SPS/N/COL/259 | Colombia | 2015 | Sustainable and environmentally friendly…
Sustainable and environmentally friendly production
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals | Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Health and…
Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development "adopting the Technical Regulation establishing the maximum levels of phosphorus and the biodegradability of surfactants in detergents and soaps, and introducing other provisions"
The notified text establishes the maximum levels of phosphorus and the biodegradability of surfactants in detergents and soaps. |
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