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The Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases (Scientific Commission), by electronic correspondence amongst its members, considered the information provided by the Delegate of Colombia. Based on the documentation submitted and in accordance with Resolution No. 15 of the 83rd General Session “Procedures for Member Countries for the official recognition and maintenance of disease status of certain animal diseases or risk status of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and for the endorsement of national official control programmes”, the Scientific Commission concluded that Colombia was compliant with the provisions of Article 8.8.6. of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2017) on the establishment of a containment zone. This circumscribed containment zone had been established around the affected areas as described in detail in the documentation submitted to the OIE by the Delegate of Colombia on 21 November 2017.
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