Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution No. 16439 nullifying Resolution No. 00005382 of 25 April 2019, which established phytosanitary measures to prevent the introduction and spread of Cryptolestes pusilloides (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae), a quarantine pest for Colombia, and the amendments thereto

Addendum to Emergency Notification (SPS) 2019-10-28
G/SPS/N/COL/308/Add.2

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The Republic of Colombia hereby advises that ICA Resolution No. 5382 of 2019 establishing sanitary measures to prevent the introduction and spread of Cryptolestes pusilloides (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae), a quarantine pest for Colombia, and ICA Resolution No. 50066 of 2019 amending Resolution No. 5382 of 2019, notified in documents G/SPS/N/COL/308 and G/SPS/N/COL/308/Add.1, respectively, were nullified upon issuance of Resolution No. 16439 of 17 October 2019.
The General Secretariat of the Andean Community, in Resolution No. 2088 of 16 September 2019 concluding its investigation into alleged restrictions placed by the Government of Colombia on imports of coffee from Andean Community member states, deemed the measures established in ICA Resolution No. 00005382 of 25 April 2019 and the amendments thereto to be a restriction on trade within the subregion under Article 73 of the Cartagena Agreement.
Accordingly, the ICA, on behalf of the Government of Colombia, is nullifying the above-mentioned administrative acts and withdrawing the measures adopted therein.
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Withdrawal of the measure