. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/151 
21 December 2007 
 (07-5707) 
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:  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):  Fresh poultry meat, live birds, eggs fo r hatching and consumption and other 
meat products of avian origin 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
 Province of Saskatchewan, Canada 
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Resolución Nº 003315 
del 6 de diciembre de 2007 del Instituto Colo mbiano Agropecuario "Por la cual se toman 
medidas de carácter sanitario para prevenir la  introducción a Colombia de la Influenza 
Aviar"  (Colombian Agricultural Institute  (ICA) Resolution No. 003315 of 
6 December 2007 adopting health-related m easures to prevent the introduction into 
Colombia of avian influenza) (3 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  Suspension of the entry into Colo mbia of fresh poultry meat, live 
birds, eggs for hatching and consumption a nd other meat products of avian origin from 
Saskatchewan, Canada, for a period of three (3) months, during which time the ICA will 
assess the risk of the disease being introduced in to Colombia by means of a review of the 
latest official information confirming eradication of the outbreak. 
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 reasons for urgent action:  According to the  report 
by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFI A) of 27 September 2007, an outbreak of the 
avian influenza virus, subtype H7, has been detected in the province of Saskatchewan, 
Canada. G/SPS/N/COL/151 
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  9. International standard, guideline 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:  
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Colombian 
Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution No . 2991 of 9 November 2006 (available in 
Spanish). 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   7 December 2007, the 
date of publication in Official Journal No. 46.835 / three (3) months. 
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:  
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) 241-0478 
Fax: +(571) 241-0480 
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. 
Tel.: +(571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(571) 241-0480 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co