G/SPS/N/ECU/137  
24 January 2014  
(14-0387)  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): Bare-rooted, bonsai-type ficus ( Ficus benjamina ) plants in inert 
substrate for planting. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries: China  
5. Title of the notified document: Propuesta de requisitos fitosanitarios de plantas de ficus 
(Ficus benjamina) para plantar procedentes de China  (Draft phytosanitary requirements for 
ficus ( Ficus benjamina ) plants for planting from China) Language(s): Spanish Number of 
pages: 2 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/ECU/14_0388_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: Draft phytosanitary requirements for ficus ( Ficus benjamina ) 
plants for planting from China. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] 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/137 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 24 March 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 25 March 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 26 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) : 25 March 2014 
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 2567-232 / 2543-319 / 2548-751 Fax: (+593) 2 2567-232 / 2543-319 / 2548-71, Ext. 153 Email: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
13. Texts available from: [ ] 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 2567-232 / 2543-319 / 2548-751 Fax: (+593) 2 2567-232 / 2543-319 / 2548-71, Ext. 153 
Email: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec