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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/COL/69
25 February 2003
(03-1141)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
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):  Plants and plant products
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Australia, India, China, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, the
Netherlands Antilles, Grenada, British Virgin Islands, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago,Hawaii and Puerto Rico (state and dependent area of the United States of America), Belize,
Guyana and Venezuela.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Colombian Agricultural
Institute (ICA) Resolution No. 0121 of 16 January 2003 Adopting Phytosanitary Measures
to Prevent the Introduction and Establishment of the Pest Known as the Pink Hibiscus
Mealy Bug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus  (Green) in Colombia (3 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This Resolution establishes phytosanitary measures to prevent the
introduction and establishment in Colombia of the pest known as the pink hibiscus mealy
bug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus  (Green).  Proof is required that all live plant material (plants,
parts of plants, fresh fruit) comes from pest-free areas and such status must be confirmed by
the Colombian phytosanitary authorities.  The ICA will inspect vessels arriving from
countries affected by the pest for any fresh vegetable waste, which they have been
prohibited from leaving in Colombia and which will be destroyed on board vessel.  The ICA
will also inspect aircraft arriving from countries affected by the pest immediately after
passenger disembarkation to check for the possible presence on board of vegetable residues,
which will then be destroyed.
7. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[    ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [    ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] 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/69
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Colombian
Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution No. 1682 of 15 July 2002 (available in Spanish).
10. Proposed date of adoption:  16 January 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  4 February 2003
12. Final date for comments:  -
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:
Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA)
Agricultural Risks and Intern ational Affairs Analysis Group
Calle 37 #8-43, Office 409Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Tel:  (571) 285-3485
Fax:  (571) 232-4695
E-mail: analisis.riesgos@ica.gov.co
Subprev@impsat.net.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:
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
General Directorate of Regulation
Calle 28, No. 13A - 15, 1st floor
Bogotá, D. C., Colombia
Tel.:  (571) 350-5500, ext. 713Fax:  (571) 350-9564
E-mail: normalizacion01@mindesa.gov.co
             COLOMBIA@mindesa.gov.co  (Enquiry point)