. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/116 
15 June 2006 
 (06-2898) 
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:  Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario , ICA (Colombian Agricultural 
Institute) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Processed bovine products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
 United States of America  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolución Nº 01427 del 
31 de Mayo de 2006 del ICA "Por la cual se permite la importación de algunos productos 
procesados de origen bovino procedentes de  Estados Unidos y se toman medidas de 
carácter sanitario para prevenir la introdu cción a Colombia de la Encefalopatía 
Espongiforme Bovina"  (Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution No. 01427 of 
31 May 2006 permitting the importation of cer tain processed bovine products from the 
United States of America and adopting health -related measures to prevent the introduction 
into Colombia of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)) (2 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Resolution permits the importation of processed, chilled and 
frozen bovine products. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] 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, gu ideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] 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:   Resolution No. 947 
of 17 April 2006 and Resolution No. 1073 of 26 April 2006, in Spanish. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   31 May 2006 G/SPS/N/COL/116 
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:   As of 1 June 2006, the date of publication in the 
Official Journal, and, for Andean Commun ity Member Countries, once the Resolution has 
been entered in the Sub-Regional Register. 
12. Final date for comments:   Not applicable.  
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 Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso Tel.: (571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (571) 241-0478 
or 
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 notification 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, tercer piso  
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Enquiry Point
: 
Contact person :  Daniel Héctor Rico R.  
E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co  
Tel.: (571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (571) 241-0480 
Web site:  http://www.mincomercio.gov.co