WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/ECU/8
20 December 2000
(00-5567)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the administration of tariff quotas ( Table MA.1 ) for
the year 2000  was received from the Permanent Mission of Ecuador  on 29 November 2000.G/AG/N/ECU/8
Page 2Table MA:1
MARKET ACCESS:  Ecuador
REPORTING PERIOD:  2000
Implementation of market access opportunities: system of administration of tariff quota commitments
Description of products Tariff item number(s) encompassed
in product descriptionDescription of import arrangement applicable
12 3
Whole turkeys, fresh or chilled 02072200
Cuts and offal of fowls, frozen 02074100(a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  None
(b) Allocation of licences:  (i) quota import licences are allocated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock,
on the basis of the criteria established by the Committee on Tariff Quotas;  (ii) the Committee on Tariff
Quotas, comprising representatives of the Ministries of Agriculture and Livestock, Economy and Financeand Foreign Trade, Industrialization and Fisheries, establishes, by Ministerial Agreement, the method and
criteria for allocating quotas to applicants;  (iii) import licences are valid for three months, effective during
the quota period established by the Committee on Tariff Quotas.
(c) Quotas are allocated on the basis of the recommendations of the Maize (Corn)-Balanced Feedstuffs-Poultry
Advisory Council, but the final decision is made by the Committee on Tariff Quotas.
(d) Interministerial Agreement No. 100, of 26 April 2000.
Milk in powder, granules or other solid
forms, of a fat content, by weight, not
exceeding 1.5 per cent04021000
Milk in powder, granules or other solid
forms, not containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weightexceeding 1.5 per cent04022100
Other, containing 26 per cent or more of fat
by weight of the dry product04022900(a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  None
(b) Allocation of licences:  (i) quota import licences are allocated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock,
based on the criteria established by the Committee on Tariff Quotas;  (ii) the Committee on Tariff Quotas,comprising representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture and Livestock, Economy and Finance and
Foreign Trade, Industrialization and Fisheries, establishes, by Ministerial Agreement, the method and
criteria for allocating quotas to applicants;  (iii) import licences are valid for three months, effective duringthe quota period established by the Committee on Tariff Quotas.
(c) Quotas are allocated on the basis of the recommendations of the Milk and Milk Derivatives Advisory
Council, but the final decision is made by the Committee on Tariff Quotas.
(d) Interministerial Agreement No. 100, of 26 April 2000. Glucose
Glucose containing fructose
Glucose syrupFlint maize - other
Grain sorghum - other
Maize (corn) starchSoya oilcake
Oilcake of colza or rape seeds17023090
17024010
1702402010059000
10070090
1108120023040000
23064000(a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  None
(b) Allocation of licences:  (i) quota import licences are allocated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock,
based on the criteria established by the Committee on Tariff Quotas;  (ii) the Committee on Tariff Quotas,comprising representatives of the Ministries of Agriculture and Livestock, Economy and Finance and
Foreign Trade, Industrialization and Fisheries, establishes, by Ministerial Agreement, the method and the
criteria for allocating quotas to applicants;  (iii) import licences are valid for three months, effective duringthe quota period established by the Committee on Tariff Quotas.
(c) Quotas are allocated on the basis of the recommendations of the Maize (Corn)-Balanced Feedstuffs-Poultry
Advisory Council, but the final decision is made by the Committee on Tariff Quotas.
(d) Interministerial Agreement No. 100, of 26 April 2000.G/AG/N/ECU/8
Page 3Description of products Tariff item number(s) encompassed
in product descriptionDescription of import arrangement applicable
12 3
Wheat, all headings (other than for animal
consumption)10010000
Barley, other, except for seed 10030090
Malt, not roasted 11071000
Wheat starch 11081100(a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  None
(b) Allocation of licences:  (i) quota import licences are allocated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock,
based on the criteria established by the Committee on Tariff Quotas;  (ii) the Committee on Tariff Quotas,
comprising representatives of the Ministries of Agriculture and Livestock, Economy and Finance and
Foreign Trade, Industrialization and Fisheries, establishes, by Ministerial Agreement, the method and thecriteria for allocating quotas to applicants;  (iii) import licences are valid for three months, effective during
the quota period established by the Committee on Tariff Quotas.
(c) Quotas are allocated on the basis of the recommendations of and agreements between mills and the brewing
industry, but the final decision is made by the Committee on Tariff Quotas.
(d) Interministerial Agreement No. 100, of 26 April 2000.
Note:  The previous rules were replaced by Interministerial Agreement No. 100 of 26 April 2000, published in Official Journal N o. 88 of 31 May 2000.
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