WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/167 
19 February 2009 
 (09-0869) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
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):  Poultry and poultry products (HS tari ff subheadings 0105.94.00, 0105.99.00, 
0106.39.00, 0105.11.00, 0105.12.00, 0105.19.00, 0106.39.00, 0106.32.00, 0106.39.00, 0511.99.30, 0407.00.10, 0407.00.20, 0407.00.90, 0408.11.00, 0408.19.00, 0408.91.00, 0408.99.00, 0207.11.00, 0207.1200, 0207.13.00, 0207.13.10, 0207.13.90, 0207.14.00, 0207.14.10, 0207.14.90, 0207.24.00, 0207.25.00, 0207.32.00, 0207.33.00, 0207.34.00, 0207.35.00, 0207.36.00, 0209.00.90, 1601.00.00, 1602.00.00, 0505.10.00, 0507.90.00, 
3101.00.90 and 0511.99.90) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Andean Community  
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución de la Secretaría General de la 
Comunidad Andina "Norma Sanitaria Andi na para el comercio y la movilización 
intrasubregional y con terceros países de aves y sus productos" (Draft Resolution of the 
Andean Community General Secretariat "Andean  health standard governing trade in and 
movement of poultry and poultry products at  intra-subregional level and with third 
countries") Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  33 
6. Description of content:  Purpose and scope;  general and specific health requirements for 
the following live poultry:  adul t birds:  fowls of the species Gallus domesticus , ducks, 
geese, turkeys, guinea fowls and quail destin ed for poultry establishments, shows or 
temporary imports;  day-old chicks:  fowls of the species Gallus domesticus , ducks, geese, 
turkeys, guinea fowls and quail;  other birds (Psittaciformes, songbirds including pigeons and doves);  requirements in respect of the fo llowing diseases:  avian influenza, Newcastle 
disease, avian infectious laryngotracheitis , avian infectious bronchitis, avian 
mycoplasmosis, pullorum disease and fowl typhoid, salmonella paratyphi, duck virus hepatitis and duck virus enteritis , infectious bursal disease, Marek's disease, fowl cholera, 
avian tuberculosis, and turkey rhinotracheitis  or avian pneumovirus;  general and specific 
health requirements for the following poultry products:  poultry semen;  hatching eggs of 
fowls of the species Gallus domesticus , ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowls and quail;  eggs 
for the production of vaccines (specific-pathogen -free (SPF) eggs);  fresh eggs of fowls of 
the species Gallus domesticus , ducks, geese, turkeys and quail, for consumption;  birds'
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   eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh, drie d, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, 
moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whet her or not containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter;  meat and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus , ducks, 
geese, turkeys and guinea fowls, fresh, chilled or frozen;  poultry fat not rendered or otherwise extracted;  sausages and similar pr oducts, of meat, meat offal or blood;  food 
preparations based on these products, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus , ducks, 
geese and turkeys and other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood;  products of avian origin destined for use in  animal feeding, or for agricultural or industrial use;  and 
final provisions. 
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. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how a nd why it deviates from the international 
standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Decision 
No. 515 of the General Secretariat of the A ndean Community of Nations, CAN (Articles 24 
and 27) and Resolutions Nos. 347 and 449 of the Council of the Cartagena Agreement of 
the CAN General Secretariat (available in Spanish) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Date on which the Resolution is signed 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  Once the Resolution is signed 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  The measures required to ensure the implementation of this Resolution must 
be adopted within a period of ninety (90) cal endar days as from the date of its publication 
in the Gaceta Oficial del Acuerdo de Cartagena  (Official Gazette of the Cartagena 
Agreement). 
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  12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  24 March 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  (cont'd) 
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 Prevención y Análisis de Riesgos  Zoosanitarios y Asuntos Internacionales 
Calle 37 # 8-43, Oficina 411 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 285-3485 Fax: +(571) 232-4695 Website: http://www.ica.gov.co
 
13. Texts available from:  [ 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 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 
Website: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co