G/SPS/N/ECU/157
24 February 2015
(15-1096)  Page: 1/2
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish
 
  NOTIFICATION 
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): Green coffee ( Coffea canephora ) beans 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries: Cameroon  
5. Title of the notified document: Propuesta de Requisitos Fitosanitarios para Importación 
de Granos Verdes de Café (Coffea canephora) para la Industria Procedente de Camerún  
(Draft phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Ecuador of green coffee (Coffea canephora ) beans for industrial processing from Cameroon) Language(s): 
Spanish Number of pages: 1 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/ECU/15_0918_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: Draft phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into 
Ecuador of green coffee ( Coffea canephora ) beans for industrial processing from 
Cameroon. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal heal th, [X] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. 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)  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.) International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos. 2, 11 and 21 
[ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  G/SPS/N/ECU/157 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 23 April 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 28 April 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 23 April 2015 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 April 2015 
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 / 254 871, Ext. 305 Email: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation 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) 2567 232 / 2543 319/ 254 871, Ext. 305 
Email: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec