. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/157 
24 June 2008 
 (08-3014) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario , ICA  (Colombian Agricultural 
Institute)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Pet birds 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 All trading partners of Colombia  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolución Nº 001862 
del 12 de junio de 2008 del In stituto Colombiano Agropecuario  "Por la Cual se Establecen 
Requisitos Sanitarios para la Introducción a Colombia de Aves Mascota o de Compañía"  
(Colombian Agricultural Institute Resolutio n No. 001862 of 12 June 2008 "Establishing 
health requirements for the introduction of pet bi rds into Colombia") (4 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  The notified Resolution establish es health requirements for the 
entry of pet birds into Colombia with a view to guarding against the risk of the introduction of avian influenza into Colombia.  It covers th e following:  pet birds;  origin of pet birds; 
birds;  pre-shipment quarantine;  laboratory  tests;  treatments;  transport of birds; 
certification;  and import quarantine.  
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations: 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Not applicable  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  12 June 2008  G/SPS/N/COL/157 
Page 2  
 
  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in Diario Oficial  (Official Journal) 
No. 47.022 of 16 June 2008.  
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after notification by the World Trade 
Organization. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
National 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 Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario – ICA
 
Grupo de Análisis de Riesgos Agropecuarios y Asuntos Internacionales 
Calle 37 #  8-43, Oficina 409 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 285-3485 Fax: +(571) 232-4695 Web site: http://www.ica.gov.co
 
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or 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 Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co