WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/201 
15 September 2010 
 (10-4658) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
 
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):  Horses 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Portugal 
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolución N° 002770 del 23 de agosto de 2010, 
"Por medio de la cual se suspende la impor tación a Colombia de equinos procedentes de 
Portugal por presencia de Metritis Contagiosa Equina" (Resolution No. 002770 of 
23 August 2010, "Suspending the importation into Colombia of horses from Portugal 
following outbreaks of Contagious Equine Metritis") Language:  Spanish Number of 
pages:  2 
Text available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/COL/10_3389_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Suspension of imports into Colombia of horses from Portugal for 
a period of six months;  Assessment of the risk of introduction of the disease into Colombia;  Notification and entry into force. 
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 reason for urgent action:  The World Organization 
for Animal Health (OIE) report of 12 Augus t 2010 noted outbreaks of Contagious Equine 
Metritis (CEM) in Portugal.  G/SPS/N/COL/201 
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  9. Is there a relevant international standa rd?  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 N°)  
[ ] 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:  
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Not applicable 
11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable):  As from 
23 August 2010, for a period of six (6) months. 
[ ] Trading facility measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Enquiry Point  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(57 1) 606-4775 Fax: +(57 1) 606-4777 
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.: +(57 1) 287-2728 Fax: +(57 1) 285-3485 
Website: http://www.ica.gov.co/
  G/SPS/N/COL/201 
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  13. Texts available from:  [X] National Noti fication 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. E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co;  Pu ntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.: +(57 1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(57 1) 606-4777