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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/COL/65
13 August 2002
(02-4424)
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 may be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Bovine animals, sheep, swine and other susceptible species and the products
thereof which present a risk of transmitting foot-and-mouth disease.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Countries with which Colombia trades in bovine animals, sheep and swine.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolution No. 01683 of
15 July 2002 Adopting Sanitary Measures to Maintain, Declare and Achieve theCertification of Areas Free From Foot-and-Mouth Disease with Vaccination in the Republic
of Colombia  (32 pages).
6. Description of content:  This Resolution establishes the areas free from foot-and-mouth
disease with or without vaccination, the buffer zones, monitoring of vaccine evaluation,
preservation, distribution and application, the eradication of outbreaks of the disease, the
introduction of susceptible animals into the different areas and the introduction of the
products and by-products of susceptible animals into the different areas.  Penalties and finesare established for non-compliance.
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[    ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] Office International des Epizooties,
[    ] International Plant Protection Convention, [    ] None
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  ICA Resolution
No. 853 of 2 April 1966
10. Proposed date of adoption:  15 July 2002
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in Official Journal No. 44,875 of
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12. Final date for comments:  22 September 2002
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 409
Bogotá, 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 Economic Development
Directorate of Commerce and Promotion of Competition
Carrera 13, No. 28 - 01, 7th 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)