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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/96 
11 May 2005 
 (05-1911) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
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 should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Paddy (rough) rice and rice seed  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
regions and countries.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolution No. 01195 of 
21 April 2005 of the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) "Declaring a Phytosanitary 
Emergency Throughout National Territory as a Result of the Presence in Rice of the Mites Steneotarsonemus spinki  (Smiley) and Steneotarsonemus furcatus  (De Leon)"  (4 pages, in 
Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  Preambular paragraphs,  Declaration of Phytosanitary Emergency, 
Establishment of Quarantine, Measures, Impor ts, Control and Monitoring, Exceptions and 
Penalties.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [  X ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  Recent  phytosanitary 
surveillance and plant diagnosis measures, togeth er with data furnished by seed producers, 
led to the detection of the presence of the mites Steneotarsonemus spinki (Smiley) in rice 
produced in the departments of Casanare, To lima, Huila and Norte de Santander and of 
Steneotarsonemus furcatus  (De Leon) in rice produced in the department of Tolima.  
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Decree No. 1840 of 
1994 (available in Spanish).  
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 11. Date of entry into force/period of  application (as applicable):  As from 27 April 2005, 
the date of publication in Official Journal No. 45892 / Indefinite.  
12. 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:   
Servicio Nacional de Información (National Enquiry Point) 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Tel.: (571) 606-7676, Ext. 1205 Fax: (571) 241-0480 
and 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: 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, cuarto 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