G/AG/N/ECU/45  
24 July 2018 
(18-4683) Page: 1/7 
Committee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
   
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 17 May 2 018, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Ecuador . The notification concerns new or modified domestic support measures exempt from 
reduction ( Table DS:2 ). 
 
 
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  Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ECUADOR  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
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(1) FULL TITLE OF MEASURE:  
National Fruit Fly Management Project ; Project for the Eradication of Foot -and-Mouth 
Disease ; Project for the Control and Eradication of Swine Fever . 
 
(2) DOMESTIC LEGISLATION REFERENCE:  
 National Plan for Good Living  2013-2017.  
 Domestic policy instrument of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.  
(3) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF MEASURE WITH REFERENCE TO CRITERIA, I.E. THOSE 
IN: 
Annex 2: Green Box : (a) "General services ": Pest and disease control : Projects aimed at 
ensuring the continued existence  within the territory of areas  that are free from and/or have 
a low prevalence of fruit diseases, and improving the safety of primary food such as bovine 
and por cine animals . 
(4) COST OF MEASURE:  
2014: US$13.39 million . 
(5) DATE OF ENTRY INTO EFFECT:  
2014. 
(6) PERIOD OF APPLICATION:  
Until 2018.  
(7) PRODUCTS TO PRINCIPALLY BENEFIT (IF ANY INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT(S)):  
Fruit in general, bovine and porcine livestock . 
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  Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ECUADOR  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement:  
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
____________________________________________________________ _______ ___________  
 
(1) FULL TITLE OF MEASURE:  
Agricultural Research Project on Crop s with the Focus on  Food Security , Project for 
Implementation of the Bio -inputs Centre for Agriculture  Based on the Use of Beneficial 
Microorganisms . 
(2) DOMESTIC LEGISLATION REFERENCE:  
National Plan for Good Livin g 2013-2017.  
Domestic policy instrument of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock . 
(3) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF MEASURE WITH REFERENCE TO CRITERIA, I.E. THOSE 
IN: 
Annex 2: Green Box : (a) "General services ": Research : The purpose of the projects is to  
generate , adapt and transfer alternative agricultural technolog ies designed to  increas e the 
productivity and technological innovation of crop s with the focus on  food security . 
 
Promote the use of beneficial microorganism -based biological con trol agents  and 
bio-fertilizers  through research and development processes for product diversification and 
technological  innovation , with the aim of reducing the use of agrochemicals and controlling 
vectors of human diseases such as malaria and dengue feve r. 
(4) COST OF MEASURE:  
2014: US$23.17 million . 
(5) DATE OF ENTRY INTO EFFECT:  
2014.  
(6) PERIOD OF APPLICATION:  
Until 2018.  
(7) PRODUCTS TO PRINCIPALLY BENEFIT (IF ANY INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT(S)):  
No specific agricultural products benefit from the measure . 
 
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  Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ECUADOR  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement:  
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
____________________________________________________________ _____ _____ ________  
 
(1) FULL TITLE OF MEASURE:  
Agenda for Productive Transformation in the Amazon – Sustainable Agro -Productive  
Reconversion  in the Ecuadorian Amazon . 
(2) DOMESTIC LEGISLATION REFERENCE:  
 National Plan for Good Living  2013-2017.  
 Domestic policy instrument of the Ministry of Agri culture and Livestock.  
(3) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF MEASURE WITH REFERENCE TO CRITERIA, I.E. THOSE 
IN: 
Annex 2: Green Box : (a) "General services ": Marketing and promotion services : Support for 
the promotion of trade in sustainable agricultural products for the improvement of systemic 
competitiveness in the Amazon region  and strengthening of production chains . 
(4) COST OF MEASURE:  
2015: US$2.12 million . 
(5) DATE OF ENTRY INTO EFFECT:  
2015. 
(6) PERIOD OF APPLICATION:  
Until 2018.  
(7) PRODUCTS TO PRINCIPALLY BENEFIT (IF ANY INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT(S)):  
No specific agricultural products benefit from the measure.  
 
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  Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ECUADOR  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement:  
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
____________________________________________________________ __________ ________  
 
(1) FULL TITLE OF MEASURE:  
School Meals Programme (PAE).  
(2) DOMESTIC LEGISLATION REFERENCE:  
Executive Decree No. 129, published in the Supplement to Official Journal No. 106 of 
22 October 2 013, established  the Institute for Food Supply  as a public law entity attached to 
the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock , in order to  implement the producti on and 
distribution of free school meals . Updated legislation , in the form of Executive Decree 
No. 1120 of 18 July 2 016, transfers this responsibility to the Ministry of Education . 
(3) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF MEASURE WITH REFERENCE TO CRITERIA, I.E. THOSE 
IN: 
Annex 2: Green Box : "Domestic food support ": Provision  of food supplements with a high 
nutritional content for children in the first to seventh year at public and semi -private 
educational institutions . 
(4) COST OF MEASURE:  
2014: US$101.43 million . 
(5) DATE OF ENTRY INTO EFFECT:  
2014.  
(6) PERIOD OF APPLICATION:  
Not applicable . 
(7) PRODUCTS TO PRINCIPALLY BENEFIT (IF ANY INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT(S)):  
No specific agricultural products benefit from the measure.  
 
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  Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ECUADOR  
Notification  under Article 18.3 of the Agreement:  
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
____________________________________________________________ ______ ____________  
 
(1) FULL TITLE OF MEASURE:  
Agriculture and Food Quality Project . 
(2) DOMES TIC LEGISLATION REFERENCE:  
 National Plan for Good Living  2013-2017.  
 Domestic policy instrument of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock . 
(3) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF MEASURE WITH REFERENCE TO CRITERIA, I.E. THOSE 
IN: 
Annex 2: Green Box : (a) "General services ": Inspection services : Tool for  improv ing the 
quality and safety of agricultural products for domestic consumption  and exportation, by 
means of early diagnosis and the use of analytical techniques to support the control and 
monitoring of contamina nts, pests and diseases in primary production . 
(4) COST OF MEASURE:  
2014: US$2.09 million . 
(5) DATE OF ENTRY INTO EFFECT:  
2014.  
(6) PERIOD OF APPLICATION:  
Until 2018.  
(7) PRODUCTS TO PRINCIPALLY BENEFIT (IF ANY INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT(S)):  
No specific agricultural products benefit from the measure.  
 
 
 
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  Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ECUADOR  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement:  
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
____________________________________________________________ ______ ____________  
 
(1) FULL TITLE OF MEASURE:  
Promotion of agricultural production through the implementation of systems for the use and 
exploitation of water  resources for rural development, and  food sovereignty . 
(2) DOMESTIC LEGISLATION REFERENCE:  
 National Plan for Good Living  2013-2017. 
 Domestic policy instrument of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.  
(3) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF MEASURE WITH REFERENCE TO CRITERIA, I.E. THOSE 
IN: 
Annex 2: Green Box : (a) "General services ": Infrastructure services : Productive agenda tool 
to promote the comprehensive optimization of the use and exploitation of water  resources 
and the ongoing  generation  of studies and information for the implementation of 
mechanized irrigation in order to boost  food security and expedite change  in the production 
matrix . 
 
(4) COST OF MEASURE:  
2015: US$8.35 million . 
(5) DATE OF ENTRY INTO EFFECT:  
2015.  
(6) PERIOD OF APPLICATION:  
Until 2020.  
(7) PRODUCTS TO PRINCIPALLY BENEFIT (IF ANY INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT(S)):  
No specific agricultural products benefit from the measure.  
 
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