G/SPS/N/ECU/1 89 
 
20 March  2017 
(17-1524) 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 Agricultural 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):  Onion ( Allium cepa ) seed  
4. Regions or countries like ly to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries:  South Africa  
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolución 0245 - Requisitos fitosanitarios de 
cumplimiento obligatorio para la importac ión de semillas de cebolla (Allium cepa) para la 
siembra, originarias de Sudáfrica  (Resolution No. 0245: Mandatory  phytosanitary 
requirements governing  the importation into Ecuador of onion ( Allium cepa ) seed for 
sowing from South Africa ) Language(s):  Spanish Number of pages:  6   
Text available at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/ECU/17_1301_00_s.pdf . 
6. Description of content:  The notified text lays down th e mandatory phytosanitary 
requirements governing the importation into  Ecuador of onion ( Allium cepa ) seed for 
sowing from South Africa . 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [ X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/pl ant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory  from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organi sation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : 
International Standards for Phyto sanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos. 3, 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:   G/SPS/N/ECU/1 89 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which t hese are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 13 March  2017 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 14 March  2017 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[X] Trade facilitatin g measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 May 2017 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point. Addr ess, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:    
Agencia Ecuatoriana de Aseguramiento de la Calidad del Agro, AGROCALIDAD  
Av. Eloy Alfaro N30 -350 y Amazonas, Edificio MAGAP, Piso 9  
Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.: (+593) 2 256 7232  / 254 3319  / 8751, Ext. 118  
Fax: (+593) 2 256 7232  / 254 3319  / 8751, Ext. 118  
E-mail: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec   
13. Text(s) available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of othe r body:    
Agencia Ecuatoriana de Aseguramiento de la Calidad del Agro, AGROCALIDAD  
Av. Eloy Alfaro N30-350 y Amazonas, Edificio MAGAP, Piso 9  
Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.: (+593) 2 256 7232  / 254 3319  / 8751, Ext. 118  
Fax: (+593) 2 256 7232  / 254 3319  / 8751, Ext. 118 
E-mail: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec