WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/194 
19 May 2010 
 (10-2795) 
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 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Argentina  
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolución N° 001595 del 11 de mayo de 2010, "Por 
medio de la cual se suspende la importaci ón de equinos procedentes de Argentina" 
(Resolution No. 001595 of 11 May 2010 "Suspending the importation into Colombia of 
horses from Argentina") Language:  Spanish  Number of pages:  3 
Text available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/COL/10_2149_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Suspension of imports into Colombia of horses from Argentina 
for a period of six months;  assessment of the risk of the introduction of 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:  On 31 March 2010, 
Argentina's National Agriculture and Food Qua lity and Health Service (SENASA) received 
notification of a positive diagnosis of equine vi ral arteritis (EVA) in an establishment in the 
town of Villa Lía (district of San Ant onio de Areco, province of Buenos Aires). G/SPS/N/COL/194 
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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)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] 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 langu age(s) in which these are available:  
Resolución 265 del 6 de mayo de 2010 del Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y de Calidad 
Agroalimentaria (SENASA) de la República de Argentina (Resolution No. 265 of 6 May 
2010 of the Argentine National Agriculture and Food Quality and Health Service, 
SENASA) (available in Spanish). 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  As from 
12 May 2010, for a period of six (6) months 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. 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 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 606 4775 Fax: +(571) 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.: +(571) 287 2728 Fax: +(571) 285 3485 Website: http://www.ica.gov.co/
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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. Tel.: +(571) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(571) 606 4777 
E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co