WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/295/Add.10
1 March 2002
(02-1060)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE – RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE
Submission by Colombia
AddendumG/SPS/GEN/295/Add.10
Page 2Technical assistance requirements:
Information Training Infrastructure: (Hard and/or
Soft)Specific concern Other
Rights,
obligations and
practical
operation of
the SPSAgreement:- Legal aspects of the SPS
Agreement- Equivalence
- Settlement of disputes- Appropriate level of protection- Legitimate objectives
(legitimate commercial
interests)
Food safety - Hazard Analysis and
Critical Control Points,
HACCP
Animal health - - Quantitative risk
assessment/analysis
- Economic impact
assessment
- Diagnosing diseases
non-endemic to the
Andean regionDiagnostic systems for identifying
exotic diseases-B S E
- Hydropericardium- Avian influenza
- African swine fever
- Swine vesicular disease- Porcine erysipelas- Aujeszky's disease- Japanese encephalitis
- Glanders
- Babesia (complement fixation
test)
- Equine viral arteritisG/SPS/GEN/295/Add.10
Page 3Technical assistance requirements:
Information Training Infrastructure: (Hard and/or
Soft)Specific concern Other
Plant health Databases:
- CAB International
2000 Crop Protection
Compendium,Wallingford, UK
- CAB International
CABPESTCD 1989-
98, 1973-88
- ARS Fungal
Database (2000)Courses to provide
training in the diagnosis
and identification of
pests non-endemic to the
Andean regionDiagnostic systems for identifying
exotic pestsMaconellicocus hirsutus ,
pathogenic species of
Colletotrichum and Fusarium ,
Corynebacterium fascians , Thrips
palmi, Bactrocera dorsalis,Bactrocera carambolae,
Anastrepha suspensa,
Anasthrepha ludens  and Banana
Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV)
Contact detailsG/SPS/GEN/295/Add.10
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(Such information could include, inter alia, a more detailed description of the technical assistance required,
any relevant background information on the reasons for the request, the possibility of using a regional
approach to the provision of the requested assistance and the scope for a coordinated approach among
relevant international organizations.)
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