. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/76 
2 March 2004 
 
 (04-0931) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
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 should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):    Fresh poultry meat, live poultry, eggs for hatching and consumption and 
other meat products of avian origin       
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   State 
of Delaware (USA) and other disease-affected States     
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Colombian Agricultural 
Institute Resolution No. 00255 of 11 February  2004 "Adopting Health-Related Measures to 
Prevent the Introduction into Colombia of Avian Influenza" (2 pages, available in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  Imports are suspended for a period of three months, during which 
time the ICA will review updated information in  order to assess the risk of the disease being 
introduced into Colombia.  Animal health impor t documents that were issued prior to the 
date of this Resolution and have not become effe ctive are invalidated immediately.         
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests       
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  According to 
information submitted to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) by the Associate 
Administrator of the Animal and Plant Hea lth Inspection Service of the United States 
Department of Agriculture (USDA-APHIS), an outbreak of avian influenza has been 
recorded at a poultry farm in the State of Delaware (USA).     
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:        G/SPS/N/COL/76 
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 10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Andean Community 
Resolution No. 447 of 1997 (available in Spanish).      
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   17 February 2004.  The 
suspension is to remain in force for a period of three (3) calendar months.     
12. 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:   
National Enquiry Point 
E-mail:  javiermi@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.:  (571) 350-5500, Ext. 703 
Fax:  (571) 350-5211  or  
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario 
Grupo de Análisis de Riesgos Agropecuarios y Asuntos Internacionales - ICA Calle 37 #8-43, Oficina 409 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.:  (571) 285-3485 Fax:  (571) 232-4695 
Web site:  http://www.ica.gov.co
  
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National 
enquiry point, or address, fax numb er and E-mail address (if available) of 
other body:   
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N
o 13A - 15, primer piso  
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
E-mail:  jcrondon@mincomercio.gov.co 
danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co (Enquiry Point) Tel.:  (571) 350-5500, Ext. 713 Fax:  (571) 350-9564 Web site:  http://www.mincomercio.gov.co