RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/LIC/N/1/COL/1
22February 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0666)
Original: Spanish Committee onImport Licensing
AGREEMENT ONIMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLES 1.4(a) AND 8.2(b)
COLOMBIA
Thefollowing communication, dated 12January 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofColombia.
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Pursuant toArticle 1.4(a) oftheAgreement onImport Licensing Procedures, Ihereby notify
thatlegislation inthismatter ispublished asfollows:
(a) Laws intheOfficial Journal;
(b) decrees intheGazette oftheMinistry ofForeign Trade;
(c) other rules andregulations intheINCOMEX circulars.
Theexisting lawsandregulations referred toinArticle 8.2(b) oftheAgreement areattached
tothereplies submitted byColombia tothequestionnaire onimport licensing procedures.1
1Therelevant laws andregulations aslisted onpage 2ofthisdocument areavailable (Spanish only) for
consultation intheSecretariat (Market Access Division).G/LIC/N/1/COL/1
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LEGISLATION RELATING TOTHE FREE IMPORT AND
PRIOR LICENSING SYSTEMS INCOLOMBIA
- INCOMEX prior licensing list.
- Official Gazette No.338oftheMinistry ofForeign Trade containing:
Resolution 0005 of14June1995 establishing thecapital goods list.
Resolution 0006 of14June1995 transferring totheprior licensing import system thegoods
setforth inResolution 001of30January 1995 oftheNational Narcotics Council.
Resolution 0007of14June1995 partially amending Articles 17and18ofResolution 001of
1995 oftheCentral Foreign Trade Council.
- INCOMEX Import Registration Form.
- Official Journal No.32189 which contains Decree 444of1967 oftheMinistry ofFinance
andPublic Credit concerning theinternational exchange andforeign trade system.
- Resolution007of30July1992oftheMinistryofForeignTradecreatinganumberofcertificates
ofauthorization.
- Decree 2535 of1993 oftheMinistry ofNational Defence issuing regulations onweapons,
ammunition andexplosives.
- Decree 1809 of1994 oftheMinistry ofNational Defence establishing regulations under
Decree 2535 of1993.
- Law07of1991establishing general rulesandregulations governing Colombia 'sforeign trade
which theNational Government must abide by,creating theMinistry ofForeign Trade,
establishing thecomposition andfunctions oftheCentral Foreign Trade Council, creating the
Bank ofForeign Trade andtheFund forEconomic Modernization, granting authorizations
andlaying down other provisions.
- Circular 001of25July1995 oftheNational Narcotics Directorate onapplications toimport
narcotic precursors.
- Decree 1909 of1992 oftheMinistry ofFinance partially amending thecustoms legislation.
- Resolution 001of1995 oftheMinistry ofForeign Trade establishing theconditions and
requirements tobefulfilled byimport licences orregistration applications.
- Resolution 002of1995 oftheMinistry ofForeign Trade establishing thecapital goods list.
- Resolution 003of1995oftheMinistry ofForeign Trade establishing theterms andrequirements
forregistering domestic producers, exportable goods andapplications forcertificates oforigin.
- Resolution 04of1995 oftheMinistry ofForeign Trade adopting ameasure.
- Resolution 005of1995 oftheMinistry ofForeign Trade establishing thecapital goods list.G/LIC/N/1/COL/1
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- Resolution 0006 of1995 oftheMinistry ofForeign Trade transferring totheprior licensing
import system thegoods setforthinResolution 001of30January 1995oftheNational Narcotics
Council.
- Resolution 0007of1995oftheMinistry ofForeign Trade partially amending Articles 17and
18ofResolution 001of1995 oftheForeign Trade Council.