WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/169 
9 April 2009 
 (09-1720) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  All poultry 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or 
[ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución "Por medio de la cual se adopta 
el programa para el control y erradicacion de le  enfermedad de Newcastle en el territorio 
nacional"  (Draft Resolution adopting the programme  for the control and eradication of 
Newcastle disease in national territory) Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  4 with 
2 Annexes 
6. Description of content:  The notified Resolution adopts measures for the control and 
eradication of Newcastle disease in Colombia to be taken by producers, marketers, 
importers and exporters.  It covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  Health-related 
programme activities;  Obligations of natura l and legal persons;  Resources for programme 
implementation;  Validity;  Annex 1:  Hea lth-related prevention measures established at 
entry points to the country, and Annex 2:  Health-related surveillance and prevention 
measures established within national territory. 
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. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM N°)  G/SPS/N/COL/169 
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  [ ] 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:  
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Resolution 
No. 811 of 2000, Resolution No. 00962 of 2002, Resolution No. 3224 of 29 November 2002, Resolution No. 1937 of 2003, Resolution No. 2406 of 2003, Resolution No. 1371 of 2004, Resolution No. 189 of 2005, Resolution No. 2896 of 2005, 
Resolution No. 2833 of 2007 and Resolution No. 003283 of 2008 of the Colombian 
Agricultural Institute, and Resolution No. 88 1 of 2004 and Decision No. 686 of 2008 of the 
Andean Community. 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Date on which the Resolution is signed 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  Date of publication in the Official Journal 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Ninety (90) calendar days as from the date of publication of this draft 
Resolution on the Colombian Agricultural Institu te website and its notification to the WTO 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  8 June 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  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 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(571) 241-0478 
Fax: +(571) 241-0480 or Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA
 
Direccion Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales 
Calle 37 # 8-43, Oficina 507 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 232-2201 Fax: +(571) 285-3485 Website: http://www.ica.gov.co
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  13. Texts available from:  [ X] National Notification Authority, [ X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N°.13A-15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
 Enquiry Point
: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.: +(571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(571) 241-0480 Website: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co