. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/144 
26 July 2007  
 (07-3209 )  
Committee on Sanitary and 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 numb er(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:  
Venezuela  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolución Nº 001719 
del 3 de julio de 2007 del Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario "Por la cual se suspende la importación a Colombia de animales y sus productos de riesgo susceptibles de transmitir o vehiculizar el virus de fiebre aftosa, procedentes de Venezuela, por presencia de un foco de 
Fiebre aftosa en ese país"   (Colombian Agricultural Ins titute (ICA) Resolution No. 001719 
of 3 July 2007 suspending the importation into Colombia from Venezuela of animals and 
the risk products thereof capable of transm itting or carrying the fo ot-and-mouth disease 
(FMD) virus, following an outbreak of the dis ease in the latter country)  (3 pages, in 
Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified Resolution provides for the following: Suspension of 
the importation into Colombia of animals and animal products from Venezuela capable of 
transmitting or carrying the foot-and-mouth diseas e (FMD) virus, following an outbreak of 
the disease in the latter country; Animal hea lth documents; Return shipment; 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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[  ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE),  [  ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None  
If an international standard, guidelin e or recommendation exists, give the 
appropriate reference and briefly identify deviations:    
According to the weekly Informe Epidemiológico sobre Fiebre Aftosa y Estomatitis 
Vesicular (Epidemiological report on foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and vesicular 
stomatitis) of the Centro Panamericano de Fiebre Aftosa , PANAFTOSA (Pan-American G/SPS/N/COL/144 
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  Foot-and-Mouth Disease Centre), Week #21 (20 - 26 May 2007), updating the pending 
results for Week #16, there has been an outb reak of serotype-A FMD in Venezuela at the 
following coordinates: F10B (national map) and 968N (map of South America). 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Not applicable. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  3 July 2007 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  5 July 2007, the date of its publication in Official 
Journal No. 46.680, for a period of six months. 
12. Final date for comments:  23 September 2007 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  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 
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario
 
Grupo de Análisis de Riesgos Agropecuarios y Asuntos Internacionales - ICA 
Calle 37 #  8-43, Oficina 409 
Bogotá, D.C.,  Colombia 
Tel.:   + (571) 285-3485 Fax:   + (571) 232-4695 
Website:   http://www.ica.gov.co 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail a ddress (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 
Website:   http://www.mincomercio.gov.co