G/SPS/N/COL/308  
21 May 2019 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member : COLOMBIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible : Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario , ICA (Colombian Agricultural 
Institute)  
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) : Green coffee beans  
4. Regions or countries lik ely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document : Resolución 5382 del 25 de abril de 2019 "Por la cual 
se establecen medidas sanitarias para prevenir  la introducción y propagación de la plaga 
Crytolestes pusilloides (Coleoptera : Laemophloeidae) plaga cuarentenaria para Colombia"  
(Resolution No. 5382 of 2 5 April 2 019 establishing sanitary measures to prevent the 
introduction and spread of Crytolestes pu silloides  (Coleoptera : Laemophloeidae ), which 
is a quarantine pest for Colombia) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 4 
Text available at: 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/COL/19_2925_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes phytosanitary measures to prevent 
the introduction and spread of Crytolestes pusilloides  (Coleoptera : Laemophloeidae ), 
which is a  quarantine pest for Colombia.  
Purpose ; Scope; Transitional phytosanitary measures ; Update of phytosanitary 
requirements ; Official control ; Period of validity.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] prote ct 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:  
The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) has received reports that the arthropod 
Cryptole stes pusilloides , which is a quarantine pest for Colombia, has been intercepted in 
consignments of unroasted coffee beans at border crossings . The presence of this pest 
has been detected in stored coffee beans and other grains, including rice, which poses a 
phytosanitary risk for Colombian production, and which, if the pest were introduced into 
Colombia, would result in high control costs for producers, including with regard to the 
use of agrochemicals, and in a potential decline in agricultural trade with countries in 
which this pest is considered a quarantine pest.  G/SPS/N/COL/308  
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  In light of  the above, it is necessary for the ICA to prevent the risk of introducing this 
pest, at any stage, into the country, as a precaution measure to avoid damage to plant 
health and to stop the spread of quarantine pests to crops of economic importance for 
the country.  
9. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Resolución ICA 2384 de 2019  (available in Spanish)  
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable) : Date 
of publication in the Official Journal  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism)  
Dirección de Regulación  
Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso  
Bogotá, D.C . Colombia  
Tel.: (+571) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 - 1340 
Email : mortizb@mincit.gov.co  
 mgonzalezs@mincit.gov.co  
 mpinzonp@mincit.gov.co  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co/  
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario , ICA (Colombian Agricultural Institute)  
Subgerencia de Regulación Sanitaria y Fitosanitaria (Sanitary and Phytosanitary 
Regulation Division)  
Dirección Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales  (Technical Division for International Affairs)  
Avenida Calle 26 N° 85B -09 
Bogotá - Colombia  
Tel.: (+57 1) 332 3700 - 288 48 00, Ext. 1510 - 1515 
Email : asuntos.internacionales@ica.gov.co  
 margarita.lubo@ica.gov.co  
Website: http://www.ica.gov.co/  G/SPS/N/COL/308  
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  13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism)  
Dirección de Regulación  
Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso  
Bogotá, D.C., Colom bia 
Enquiry point:  
Email : mortizb@mincit.gov.co  
Tel.: (+571) 606 7676, Ext. 1690  
Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co/