. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/204 
30 September 2010 
 (10-4973) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Horses 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Tacuarembo (Uruguay) 
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolución N° 002964 del 10 de septiembre de 2010, 
"Por medio de la cual se suspende la impor tación a Colombia de equinos procedentes de 
Uruguay por presencia de Arteritis Viral Equina" (Resolution No. 002964 of 
10 September 2010 "Suspending  the importation into Colombia of horses from Uruguay 
following outbreaks of equine viral arteritis (EVA)")  Language:  Spanish  Number of 
pages:  2 
Text available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/COL/10_3675_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Suspension of imports into Colombia of horses from Uruguay for 
a period of six months;  assessment of the risk  of introduction of the disease into Colombia;  
suspension of applications for import perm its;  notification and entry into force. 
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 reason for urgent action:  The World Organisation 
for Animal Health (OIE) report of 8 Septem ber 2010 reported an outbreak of equine viral 
arteritis (EVA) in Cinco Sauces (Tacuarembo, Uruguay).  
9. Is there a relevant international standa rd?  If so, identify the standard: 
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  G/SPS/N/COL/204 
Page 2  
 
   [X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM N°)  
[ ] 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:   N o t  
applicable 
11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable):  As from 
10 September 2010, for a period of six (6) months. 
[ ] Trading facility measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [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 Tel.: +(57 1) 606-4775 Fax: +(57 1) 606-4777 
or 
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario, ICA 
Subgerencia de Regulación Sanitaria y Fitosanitaria 
Dirección Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales 
Calle 37 # 8-43, Piso 4, Oficina 411 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(57 1) 287-2728 Fax: +(57 1) 285-3485 
Website: http://www.ica.gov.co/
 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Noti fication 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  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.: +(57 1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(57 1) 606-4777