. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/149 
24 October 2007  
 (07-4593)  
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 sh ould be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Poultry and poultry products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  United 
States of America  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolución Nº 002661 del 3 
de octubre de 2007 del Instituto Colombiano  Agropecuario "Por la cual se dictan 
disposiciones para la importación de aves y productos avícolas procedentes de Estados 
Unidos"   (Colombian Agricultural Institute Resolution No. 002661 of 3 October 2007 
"Establishing provisions governing the importation into Colombia of poultry and poultry products from the United States of America")  (5 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:  The notified Resolution  regulates the provisions governing imports 
into Colombia from the United States of America of poultry and poultry products and authorizes the importation into Colombia of av ian genetic material. It also covers the 
following: Certificate issued by the Food Safety  and Inspection Service (FSIS); Animal health 
certificate; Period of 40 calendar days for compliance, 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, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Chapter 2.7.12 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code, 2007.  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Colombian Agricultural 
Institute Resolution No. 1173 of 12 May 200 6, notified in document G/SPS/N/COL/113 of 29 
May 2006  (available in Spanish). G/SPS/N/COL/149 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  3 October 2007, the date on which the Resolution was signed. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in Official Journal No.  46.776 of 9 
October 2007. 
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 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 - 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  Website: http://www.ica.gov.co
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notificati on 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.  
 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co     Tel.: +(571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690  Fax: +(571) 241-0480  Website: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co