WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/198 
7 July 2010 
 (10-3701) 
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:  United States of America  
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolución N° 002118 del 22 de junio de 2010 del 
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario "Por medi o de la cual se fijan requisitos sanitarios 
transitorios para Encefalopatía Espongiforme Bovina para la importación de bovinos vivos 
con destino a la reproducción, procedentes de Estados Unidos" (Resolution No. 002118 of 
22 June 2010 of the Colombian Agricultural Institute "Laying down temporary health 
requirements related to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) for the importation into 
Colombia from the United States of America of live bovine animals for breeding") 
Language:  Spanish  Number of pages:  4 
Text available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/COL/10_2625_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Colombia authorizes the importation from the United States of 
America of live bovine animals for breeding,  subject to compliance with the temporary 
health requirements corresponding to:  (i) certific ation by the competent health authority of 
compliance with certain conditions;  (ii) id entification of the bovine animals imported 
under the animal numbering management system ( Sistema de Gestión para la Numeración 
de Animales ).  The Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  Temporary health 
requirements;  Temporary nature of the meas ure;  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.  G/SPS/N/COL/198 
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  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)  
[ ] 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 1314 del 13 de abril de 2010, de la Secretaria  General de la Comunidad 
Andina (Decision No. 686 and Resolution No. 1314 of 13 April 2010 of the General 
Secretariat of the Andean Community) (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  22 June 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  22 June 2010 (date of publication in Official 
Journal No. 47748) 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  As of 22 June 2010 (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:  
Servicio Nacional de Información 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso 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/198 
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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