. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/92 
19 November 2004  
 
 (04-5022) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA  
If applicable, name of loca l government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item nu mber(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Bovine animals, sheep, swine and the products thereof  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Brazil  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Colombian Agricultural 
Institute (ICA) Resolution No. 02347 of 29  October 2004 Adopting Health-Related 
Measures to Prevent the Introduction into Colombia of Foot-and-Mouth Disease  (3 pages, 
in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  Suspension for a period of three (3) months of imports into 
Colombia of bovine animals, sheep, swine and other species susceptible to foot-and-mouth 
disease (FMD) and the risk products thereof from the Brazilian states of Acre, Alagoas, 
Amapá, Amazonas, Ceará, Maranhão, Pará, Pa raíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Río Grande do 
Norte and Roraima, during which time the ICA will assess the risk of the disease being 
introduced into Colombia.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/p lant pest or disease,  [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests       
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  According to a report 
by the Director of the Animal Protection Department of the Brazilian Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, dated 17 June 2004, there has been an outbreak of FMD in one (1) cattle farm in the municipality of Monte Alegre, State of Pará, Brazil. 
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:  International Terrestrial Animal Health Code of 
the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). G/SPS/N/COL/92 
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10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Law No. 395 of 1997 
(available in Spanish).  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  Upon publication in the 
Official Journal / for three (3) months.  
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e 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  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 703 
Fax: (571) 350-5211 
and Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA 
Grupo de Análisis de Riesgos Agropecuarios y Asuntos Internacionales  
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 number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, primer piso  
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Enquiry Point  
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co  
Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 713 Fax: (571) 350-9564 
Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co