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ColombiaEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency

Cattle and beef – Colombia

Resolution No. 00000578 of 27 January 2026 of the Colombian Agricultural Institute (Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario, ICA) "By means of which the issuance of Import Animal Health Documents (Documentos Zoosanitarios de Importación, DZI) for cattle, buffalo, products and risk subproducts susceptible to transmitting Lumpy Skin Disease, originating from the Kingdom of Spain, is temporarily suspended, and other provisions are established"

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Resolución No. 00000578 del 27 de enero de 2026 del ICA 'Por medio de la cual se suspende temporalmente la emisión de Documentos Zoosanitarios de Importación (DZI) para bovinos, bufalinos, productos y subproductos de riesgo susceptibles de transmitir la enfermedad de la Dermatosis Nodular Contagiosa, procedentes del Reino de España, y se establecen otras disposiciones' (ICA Resolution No. 00000578, of 27 January 2026, temporarily suspending the issuance of animal health import documents (DZI) fo

Colombia notified this emergency SPS measure on 6 February 2026. Emergency measures can apply immediately.

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At a glance

Products

Bovine and bubaline animals, products and by-products at risk of transmitting lumpy skin disease

Notifying member
Colombia
Status
Emergency measure, may already apply
Objectives
  • Animal health
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Emergency notifications (SPS)
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/COL/413
Keywords
Animal health, Animal diseases, Zoonoses

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
Not set in the notification
Proposed entry into force
The notified Resolution shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal.

How to comment

The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/COL/413; it forwards comments to Colombia.

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What the notification says

The notified measure temporarily suspends the issuance of animal health import documents (DZI) for bovine and bubaline animals, products and by-products at risk of transmitting lumpy skin disease, coming from the Kingdom of Spain. Moreover, it denies entry into the country for bovine and bubaline animals, products and by-products at risk of transmitting lumpy skin disease, coming from the Kingdom of Spain, covered by animal health import documents issued by the ICA prior to the entry into force of this Resolution, that do not comply with the provisions of this Resolution.

Sources

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