G/SPS/N/ECU/134  
13 January 2014  
(14-0114)  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): Bales of alfalfa ( Medicago sativa  L.) for animal consumption. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries: Peru 
5. Title of the notified document: Propuesta para establecer los requisitos fitosanitarios 
para la importación de pacas de alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) para el consumo animal, procedentes de Perú  (Proposed phytosanitary requirements for the importation into 
Ecuador of bales of alfalfa ( Medicago sativa  L.) for animal consumption from Peru) 
Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 2. 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/ECU/14_0119_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: Propuesta para establecer los requisitos fitosanitarios para la 
importación de pacas de alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) para el consumo animal, procedentes de Perú  (Proposed phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Ecuador of bales of 
alfalfa ( Medicago sativa  L.) for animal consumption from Peru) 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal heal th, [ ] plant protection, [X] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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: None  G/SPS/N/ECU/134 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 10 March 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 11 March 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 12 March 2014 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 March 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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: direccion@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 availabl e) 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: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec