WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/196 
22 June 2010 
 (10-3393) 
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):  Bovine animals, sheep, goats, swine and other species susceptible to 
foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and other products that pose a risk of transmitting the virus 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Ecuador  
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolución N° 001986 del 16 de junio de 2010, "Por 
medio de la cual se suspende la importaci ón a Colombia desde Ecuador, de animales y sus 
productos de riesgo que sean susceptibles de trans mitir o vehiculizar el virus de la fiebre 
aftosa" (Resolution No. 001986 of 16 June 2010 suspending the importation into Colombia 
from Ecuador of animals and the risk products thereof capable of transmitting or carrying the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus) Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  3 
Text available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/COL/10_2481_00_s.pdf
 
6. Description of content:  Suspension for a period of one (1) year of the entry into Colombia 
from Ecuador of animals and the risk products thereof capable of transmitting or carrying the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] 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:  There have been 
outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in  Ecuador in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, 
according to the epidemiological reports on foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and vesicular 
stomatitis ( Informes Epidemiológicos sobre Fieb re Aftosa y Estomatitis Vesicular ) issued 
by the Pan-American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Centre ( Centro Panamericano de Fiebre 
Aftosa , PANAFTOSA) in weeks 15, 17, 18, 19 and 21, corresponding to the period 
12 April 2009 to 30 May 2009. G/SPS/N/COL/196 
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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 N°)  
[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:   Resolution 
(Resolución ) No. 2201 of 12 June 2009 of the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA), 
notified in document G/SPS/N/COL/173, and Resolution No. 5030 of 16 December 2009 
of the Colombian Agricultural Ins titute (ICA), notified in document 
G/SPS/N/COL/173/Add.1 
11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable):  As from 
16 June 2010, for a period of one (1) year. 
[ ] 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
 
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/196 
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  13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] 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  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.: +(57 1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(57 1) 606-4777 Website: https://servicios.vuce.gov.co/puntocon/