G/SPS/N/CRI/188  
5 July 2017 
(17-3607) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member : COSTA RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, Servicio Nacional de Salud 
Animal, SENASA (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, National Animal Health Service)  
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) : Goods covered by Chapter 8.8 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health 
Code (cloven -hoofed livestock : cattle, swine, sheep, goats, bubaline animals and wild 
fauna)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent rel evant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Colombia  
5. Title of the notified document : Resolución N° SENASA -DG-R069-2017 - Dirección 
General Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal  (Resolution SENASA -DG-R069-2017 - 
Directorate -General of the National Animal Health Service) Language(s) : Spanish 
Number of pages : 2 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/CRI/17_3060_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : Resolution SENASA -DG-R069-2017 orders the temporary 
suspension of the authorized importation  from Colombia to Costa Rica of the goods 
specified in Chapter 8.8 o f the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code . The notified Resolution 
does not apply to goods that were subject to treatment at the source, which guarantees 
the destruction of the foot -and-mouth disease virus, in accordance with the procedures 
described in the  Terrestrial Animal Health Code.  
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 : On 24 June 2 017, 
the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) informed the World Organisation for Animal 
Health (OIE) of the presence o f serotype -O foot -and-mouth disease (FMD) on a beef cattle 
farm located in an are a with a high level of vaccination coverage : La Marota, Curipao, 
Tame, in the department of Arauca . The incident was first confirmed on 1 1 June 2 017. 
Positive results were obtained through polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests conducted at 
the Colombian Na tional Laboratory of Veterinary Diagnostics . While the source of the 
outbreak or origin of the infection remains unknown, the health authority is carrying out 
the relevant epidemiological investigation.  
9. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  G/SPS/N/CRI/188  
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  [ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Chapter 8.8 of the OIE Terrestrial 
Animal Health Code.  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] 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 : 
http://www.senasa.go.cr/senasa/sitio/index.php/paginas/view/207  (available in Spanish)  
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable) : 
Immediately.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:   
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 Agricultura y Ganadería  
Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado (SFE)  
Centro de Información y Notificación MSF  
Apartado Postal 1521 - 1200 
San José, Costa Rica  
Tel.: (+506) 2549 -3454 
Fax: (+506) 2549 -3598 
Email : puntocontactoMSF@sfe.go.cr