. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/111 
8 May 2006 
 (06-2194) 
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 animals, sheep, goats, cats, pum as, cheetahs, ocelots, tigers, nyala, 
kudus, bison, Arabian oryxes, scimitar-horne d oryxes, pasangs or gemsboks and South 
African antelopes, the products thereof that pose a risk of bovine spongiform 
encephalopathy (BSE) and other spongiform ence phalopathies, and the species and products 
considered to pose a BSE risk pursuant to the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World 
Organization for Animal Health (OIE).  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Trading partners of Colombia affect ed by bovine spongiform encephalopathy 
(BSE).  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolución N° 03607 
del 13 de Diciembre de 2001 del Instituto Co lombiano Agropecuario "Por la cual se 
prohíbe la expedición del docum ento zoosanitario para la importación de animales, sus 
productos, mercancías pecuarias, susceptibl es a la Encefalopatía Espongiforme Bovina y 
otras Encefalopatías Espongiformes Transmisibles"   (Colombian Agricultural Institute 
(ICA) Resolution No. 03607 of 13 December 2001 prohibiting the issue of animal health documents for the importation of animals,  animal products and livestock products 
susceptible to bovine spongiform encephalopath y (BSE) and other transmissible spongiform 
encephalopathies (TSEs))  (3 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  Ban on the issue of animal health import documents; exceptions; 
permission to enter Colombia for any othe r livestock product considered to pose a 
negligible BSE risk pursuant to the Terrest rial Animal Health Code of the World 
Organization for Animal Health (OIE); country  health status assessment; and entry into 
force.  
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
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  8. 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: 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Andean Community 
Resolution No. 447 of 1997  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  13 December 2001  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  As of 18 December 2001, the date of publication in 
Official Journal No. 44.650.  
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: 
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