G/L/1395  
G/SG/N/12/ECU/1   
20 August  2021 
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Council for Trade in Goods  
Committee on Safeguards  Original: Spanish  
 
  
IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.5 OF THE AGREEMENT ON  
SAFEGUARDS TO THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS  OF PROPOSED  
SUSPENSION OF CONCESSIONS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS  
REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF ARTICLE 8  OF 
THE AGREEMENT  ON SAFEGUARDS  
ECUADOR  
The following communication , dated  and received on  10 August 2021, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of Ecuador.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 12.5 of the Agreement on Safeguards, and in accordance with the agreed formats 
for notifications (G/SG/1, 1 July 1996; amended on 19 October 2009, G/SG/1/Rev.1  - 
G/SG/N/6/Rev.1 - G/SG/89) , Ecuador hereby immediate ly notifies the Council for Trade in Goods 
of  the proposed suspension of  concessions and other obligations referred to in paragraph 2 of 
Article 8.  
1. Which Member is proposing suspension of concessions and other obligations 
referred to in Article 8.2 . 
Republic of Ecuador.  
2. Specify the measure, the product subject to the measure , the WTO document that 
notified the safeguard measure , and the Member imposing the measure in relation 
to which the Member is proposing  suspension of concessions and other obligations 
referred to in Article 8.2 . 
On 16 April 2021, the Interdepartmen tal Commission on International Trade of Ukraine adopted 
Decision No. SP -487/2021/4411 -03, whereby a definitive safeguard measure was applied to the 
importation of fresh cut roses to Ukraine under UKTZED code 0603 11 00, irrespective of the country 
of orig in and export , for a period of three years in the form of a special duty of 56% for the first 
year. 
Ukraine notified the measure in question in WTO documents G/SG/N/10/UKR/10/Suppl.1  -
G/SG/N/11/UKR/8/Suppl.1.  
Pursuant to Article 12.3 of the Agreement on Safeguards, the Ecuadorian Investigating Authority 
twice requested consultations (on 6 and 16 October  2020) with the Ukrainian Investigating 
Authority; it also requ ested information  on the public hearing in the context of th e investigation. No 
reply was received that would enable the consultations referred to in Article 12 to be held . 
These communications were in addition to the initial comments on the investigation process 
(14 July 2020) and the comments on the initial technical report (8 August 2020).  
3. Describe the proposed suspension of concessions and other obligations referred to 
in Article 8.2 and indicate the date from which it will come into effect . G/L/1395 • G/SG/N/12/ECU/1  
 
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  Ecuador hereby notifies the Council for Trade in Goods that it has  decided to reserve its right to 
suspend the application of substantially equivalent concessions or other obligations under the 
GATT  1994 to its trade with Ukraine.  
Detail s of the suspension of concessions will be provided to the Council for Trade in Goods  prior to 
its implementation.  
The suspension will take effect from 21 May 2024 in the event that Ukraine decid es to extend the 
period of application of the measure, in accordance with Article 7 of the Agreement, or after the date 
on which the safeguard mea sure imposed by Ukraine is determined to be inconsistent with the 
Agreement on Safeguards, whichever is earlier.  
 
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