G/SPS/N/ECU/153  
 
18 August 2014  
(14-4769)  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 numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable):  Live swine and risk products (viscera) from countries 
that have reported the presence of porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and United 
States of America  
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolución  (Resolution) DAJ-2014276-0201-0212  
Language(s):  Spanish  Number of pages:  4 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/ECU/14_3725_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Suspension of the entry into Ecuador of live swine and viscera 
from countries that have reported the presence of porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED). 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] 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 reason for urgent action:  The official 
veterinary services of Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and the United States of America 
have informed the World Organisation for Animal Health (OlE) of the confirmed presence 
of the emerging disease porcine epidemic dia rrhoea (PED). In addition to affecting adult 
swine, the disease, which has been confirmed by  laboratory tests, is highly transmissible 
to and causes high mortality in sucking pigs, thereby resulting in serious economic 
losses.  
Porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) poses a risk to Ecuador's health status since it is a 
disease considered exotic to the country.  
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. G/SPS/N/ECU/153 
 
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  9. Is there a relevant international standa rd?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible,  how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  None 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of applicatio n (as applicable):  30 
June 2014 
 [ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle  comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail 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) 2567 232 / 2543 319 / 2548 751 Fax:  (+593 2) 2567 232 / 2543 319 / 2548 71, Ext. 153 
E-mail: dirección@agrocalidad.gob.ec  
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec  
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail 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) 2567 232 / 2543 319 / 2548 751 Fax: +(593 2) 2567 232 / 2543 319 / 2548 71, Ext. 153 
E-mail: dirección@agrocalidad.gob.ec  
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec