. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/89 
16 August 2004 
 (04-3440) 
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 may 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 pages of the notified document:   Colombian Agricultural 
Institute (ICA) Resolution No. 01533 of 21 July 2004 Adopting Hea lth-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 a nd 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/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 a report 
by the Director of the Animal Protection Department of the Brazilian Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, dated 17 June 2004, an outbreak of FMD has been reported in one (1) cattle farm in the municipality of Monte Alegre, state of Pará, Brazil. 
9. International standard, gu ideline 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). 
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 
Official Journal No. 45.619 of 24 July 2004 / three (3) months. G/SPS/N/COL/89 
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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
 
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 noti fication 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