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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/119 
13 September 2006 
 (06-4364) 
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:  Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural  (Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural Development) and Ministerio de la Protección Social  (Ministry of Social Welfare) 
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):  Meat of bovine origin 
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:  Proyecto de Decreto del 
Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural y del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por 
el cual se autoriza y se definen las condicion es para la importación de carne de origen 
bovino y sus productos procedente de Estados Unidos"  (Draft Decree of the Ministry of 
Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Social Welfare authorizing and defining the conditions for the importation of  meat of bovine origin and the products 
thereof from the United States of America) (3 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Authorization for the importation of meat from the United States 
of America;  certification of compliance w ith risk mitigation measures;  authorities 
required to monitor such compliance. 
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, gu ideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] 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:   Not applicable. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Date on which the Decree is signed. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon publication in the Official Journal, and, for 
Andean Community Member Countries, once the Decree has been entered in the Sub-
Regional Register. G/SPS/N/COL/119 
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  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 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: (571) 241-0478 
or 
Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural
 
Avenida Jiménez  Nº 7 - 65, cuarto piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.:  (+571) 334-1199  Fax:  (+571) 282-8388 
E-mail:  masoto@minagricultura.gov.co
 
Web site: www.minagricultura.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