WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/178 
24 September 2009  
 (09-4482) 
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):  Live bovine animals 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Canada  
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolución N° 003274 del 2 de septiembre de 2009 del 
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario "Por medi o de la cual se autoriza y se fijan requisitos 
sanitarios transitorios para la importación d esde Canadá de bovinos vivos con destino a la 
reproducción" (Resolution No. 003274 of 2 September 2009 of the Colombian Agricultural 
Institute "Authorizing, and laying down tempor ary health requirements for, the importation 
into Colombia from Canada of liv e bovine animals for breeding") Language:  Spanish 
Number of pages:  3 
6. Description of content:  Colombia authorizes the importation from Canada of live bovine 
animals for breeding, subject to compliance w ith the temporary health requirements set out 
in the notified Resolution and the provisions of  the existing Andean regulations, which are 
required to be indicated on the animal health  import document.  The Resolution covers the 
following:  Purpose;  Temporary health require ments;  Temporary nature of the measure;  
Notification and Period of validity. 
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)  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  G/SPS/N/COL/178 
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  [ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Decisión 686 
y Resolución 1252 del 10 de ag osto de 2009, de la Secretaria General de la Comunidad 
Andina  (Decision No. 686 and Resolution No. 12 52 of 10 August 2009 of the General 
Secretariat of the Andean Community) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  2 September 2009 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Date of publication in the Official Journal. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  As from the date of publication in the Official Journal 
[X] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
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:  
National Enquiry Point 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 N° 13A-15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 241-0478 Fax: +(571) 241-0480 
or Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA 
Subgerencia de Regulación Sanitaria y Fitosanitaria 
Dirección Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales Calle 37 # 8-43, Piso 4, Oficina 411 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 287-2728 
Fax: +(571) 285-3485 
Website: http://www.ica.gov.co
  G/SPS/N/COL/178 
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  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 N°. 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