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ColombiaProposed measure, not in force yet

Pharmaceutical products – Colombia

Official title

Proyecto de Resolución 'Por medio de la cual se prohíbe la importación, producción, registro, comercialización y uso de medicamentos que contengan antimicrobianos de importancia crítica en medicina veterinaria y se dictan disposiciones relacionadas con el rotulado para la comercialización de los demás medicamentos antimicrobianos de uso veterinario en el territorio nacional' (Draft Resolution prohibiting the importation, production, registration, marketing and use of drugs containing antimicrobi

Colombia notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 15 June 2026. The comment period closed on 14 August 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Antimicrobial drugs for veterinary use

HS codes
  • 30 · Pharmaceutical products
    • 300310 Medicaments containing penicillins or derivatives thereof with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or derivatives thereof, not in measured doses…
    • 300320 Medicaments containing antibiotics, not in measured doses or put up for retail sale (excl. medicaments containing penicillins or derivatives thereof with a…
    • 300390 Medicaments consisting of two or more constituents mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not in measured doses or put up for retail sale (excl…
    • 300410 Medicaments containing penicillins or derivatives thereof with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or derivatives thereof, put up in measured…
    • 300420 Medicaments containing antibiotics, put up in measured doses 'incl. those for transdermal administration' or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl…
    • 300490 Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses 'incl. those for transdermal…
Notifying member
Colombia
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Animal health
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/COL/427
Keywords
Animal health, Animal diseases

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 14 August 2026
Proposed adoption
The text will enter into force upon publication in the Official Journal.
Proposed entry into force
The text will enter into force upon publication in the Official Journal.

How to comment

The comment period closed on 14 August 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/COL/427; it can take them up with Colombia.

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What the notification says

The notified measure prohibits the importation, production, registration, marketing and use of drugs containing antimicrobials of critical importance in veterinary medicine and issues provisions concerning labelling for the marketing, in national territory, of other antimicrobial drugs for veterinary use. It also establishes provisions on the labelling and use of groups of antimicrobials deriving from phosphonic acids, third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins, and fluoroquinolones, for therapeutic purposes only.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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