Proyecto de Resolución del Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA "Por la cual se actualizan los requisitos sanitarios para el ingreso y salida del país de perros y gatos domésticos y se dictan otras disposiciones" (Draft Resolution of the Colombian Agricultural Institute "Updating the health requirements for the entry into and exit from the country of pet dogs and cats, and establishing other provisions")Colombia hereby advises that there is a draft Resolution "Updating the health requirements

Addendum to Regular Notification 2025-04-10
G/SPS/N/COL/281/Add.4

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Proyecto de Resolución del Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA "Por la cual se actualizan los requisitos sanitarios para el ingreso y salida del país de perros y gatos domésticos y se dictan otras disposiciones" (Draft Resolution of the Colombian Agricultural Institute "Updating the health requirements for the entry into and exit from the country of pet dogs and cats, and establishing other provisions")Colombia hereby advises that there is a draft Resolution "Updating the health requirements for the entry into and exit from the country of pet dogs and cats, and establishing other provisions", which responds to the need to update the sanitary requirements for the entry into and exit from the country of dogs and cats for companionship or commercial purposes, taking into account the current transit conditions for dogs and cats entering and exiting the country with multiple destinations and origins, and the potential risk of introducing and spreading animal diseases that this entails.https://www.sucop.gov.co/entidades/ica/Normativa?IDNorma=18957https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/COL/25_02740_00_s.pdf

Keywords

Human health; Animal health; Zoonoses; Animal diseases; Modification of content/scope of regulation; Human health; Animal health; Zoonoses; Animal diseases