. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/80 
19 March 2004 
 (04-1226) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures  Original:   Spanish  
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:   Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Fresh poultry meat, live poultry, eggs for hatching and consumption, meat 
products of avian origin and other risk products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   United 
States of America  
5. Title and number of pages of the notified document:   Colombian Agricultural Institute 
(ICA) Resolution No. 0374 of 27 February 2004 Adopting Health-Related Measures to 
Prevent the Introduction into Colombia of Av ian Influenza  (2 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   Suspension of the entry into Colombia of fresh poultry meat, live 
poultry, eggs for hatching and consumption and meat products of avian origin and cancellation of all animal health docume nts for the importation of such products. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from anim al/plant pest or disease, 
[   ]  protect territory from other damage from pests  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  According to 
information submitted to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) by the Associate 
Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States 
Department of Agriculture (USDA-APHIS), outbreaks of avian influenza have been recorded at poultry farms in the States of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas (United 
States of America).     
9. International standard, gu ideline 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:  
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Andean Community 
Resolution No. 447 of 1997 (available in Spanish). 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   As of date of issue. G/SPS/N/COL/80 
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12. 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:   
 National enquiry point
 
 E-mail: javiermi@mincomercio.gov.co  
 Tel.: (571) 350-5500, Ext. 703 
 Fax: (571) 350-5211 
 and  Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA 
 Grupo de Análisis de Riesgos Agrop ecuarios 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 noti fication 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, primer piso  
 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
 E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co
 (Enquiry point) 
  jcrondon@mincomercio.gov.co  
 Tel.:   (571) 350-5500, Ext. 713  Fax:   (571) 350-9564 
 Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co
 
 