G/SPS/N/ECU/161  
11 June 2015  
(15-3029)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
1. Notifying Member: ECUADOR 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Agencia Ecuatoriana de Aseguramiento de la Calidad del Agro , 
AGROCALIDAD (Ecuadorian Agency for Agri cultural Product Quality Assurance) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Live animals, genetic material and other risk products capable of 
transmitting the foot-and-mouth disease virus. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries: China  
5. Title of the notified document: Resolución 103  (Resolution No. 103) Language(s): 
Spanish Number of pages: 3 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/ECU/15_2297_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: The notified text prohibits the entry into Ecuador of live animals, 
genetic material and other risk products capable of transmitting the foot-and-mouth 
disease virus.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal heal th, [ ] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s)  and reasons for urgent action: The official 
veterinary service of China has notified the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) of 
the confirmed presence of foot-and-mouth disease, which is a notifiable disease. 
The General Secretariat of the Andean Community, through Resolution No. 881, has 
adopted a list of diseases exotic to the Andean Community, one of which is foot-and-
mouth disease. 
AGROCALIDAD will apply, to authorized goods, mitigation measures such as disinfection, 
and other measures that are deemed necessary to minimize the risk of the entry of foot-
and-mouth disease, and will monitor the preparation of the end product for which the 
imported product is used.  G/SPS/N/ECU/161 
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  9. Is there a relevant international stan dard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)  
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  Terrestrial Animal Health Code, Chapter 
8.7, Articles 8.7.30 and 8.7.36. 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ) 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 22 May 
2015. The notified text will remain in force indefinitely and the health situation will be assessed on the basis of the reports submitted to the OIE. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Agencia Ecuatoriana de Aseguramiento de la Calidad del Agro, AGROCALIDAD 
Av. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas, Edificio MAGAP, Piso 9 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593) 2 256 7232 / 254 3319 / 254 8751 
Fax: (+593) 2 256 7232 / 254 3319 / 254 8751, Ext. 118 
Email: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec  relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Noti fication Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: 
Agencia Ecuatoriana de Aseguramiento de la Calidad del Agro, AGROCALIDAD 
Av. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas, Edificio MAGAP, Piso 9 Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593) 2 256 7232 / 254 3319 / 254 8751 
Fax: (+593) 2 256 7232 / 254 3319 / 254 8751, Ext. 118 Email: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec  relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec