. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/112 
8 May 2006 
 (06-2199) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Bovine viscera  
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 N° 01073 
del 26 de Abril de 2006 del ICA "Por la cual se permite la importación de algunas vísceras 
de origen bovino procedentes de Estados Uni dos y se toman medidas de carácter sanitario 
para prevenir la introducción a Colombia de la Encefalopatía Espongiforme Bovina"  
(Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) R esolution No. 01073 of 26 April 2006 permitting 
the importation of certain viscera of bovine origin from the United States of America and adopting health-related measures to prevent the introduction into Colombia of bovine 
spongiform encephalopathy (BSE))  (3 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  The notified Resolution permits the importation into Colombia of 
the livers, hearts, tongues, kidneys and stomachs of bovine animals of under 30 months of age from the United States of America.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests        
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] 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:  Andean Community 
Decision No. 515 (in Spanish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  26 April 2006  G/SPS/N/COL/112 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  As of 2 May 2006, the date of publication in the 
Official Journal, and, for Andean Commun ity Member Countries, once the Standard 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 add ress, 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