WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/174 
19 August 2009 
 (09-3938) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural  (Ministry of 
Agriculture and Rural Development) 
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 poultry and products of avian origin 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or 
[ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Decreto del Ministerio de Agricultura y 
Desarrollo Rural "Por el cual se reglamenta el artículo 17 de la Ley 1255 de 2008" (Draft 
Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development "Laying down regulations under Article 17 of Law No. 1255 of 2008") Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  4 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Decree regulates the procedures whereby the 
Colombian Agricultural Institute ( Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario , ICA), pursuant to 
Article 17 of Law No. 1255 of 2008, will prohib it the entry into Colombia of live poultry 
and risk products of avian origin from count ries or zones in which avian influenza and 
strains of Newcastle disease virus with an intr acerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI) of 0.7 or 
greater have been recorded.  The draft Decree covers the following:  Definitions;  Scope;  
Risk analysis;  Import ban;  Imposition of restrictions;  Lifting of restrictions;  Penalties 
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)  
[ ] 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 G/SPS/N/COL/174 
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   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:  Law No. 1255 
of 28 November 2008, the draft of which was notified in document G/SPS/N/COL/161, and Andean Community Decision No. 686. 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Date on which the Decree is signed 
Propose 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:  [ X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  18 October 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:  
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 Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural 
Dirección de Comercio y Financiamiento Avenida Jiménez N° 7-65 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(57-1) 284-2758 Fax: +(57-1) 336-1562 Website: http://www.minagricultura.gov.co
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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 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