G/SPS/N/ECU/122  
24 June 2013  
(13-3277)  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): Maize ( Zea mays ) seed for sowing 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries: Colombia  
5. Title of the notified document: Propuesta de resolución de requisitos fitosanitarios para 
la importación de semillas de maíz (Zea mays) para la siembra, procedente de Colombia (Draft Resolution establishing phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Ecuador 
of maize (Zea mays) seed for sowing from Colombia ) Language: Spanish Number of 
pages: 2 
 Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/ECU/13_2420_00_s.pdf 
(http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/ECU/13_2420_00_s.pdf )  
6. Description of content: Draft Resolution establishing phytosanitary requirements for the 
importation into Ecuador of maize ( Zea mays ) seed for sowing from Colombia. 
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 Organization 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:   G/SPS/N/ECU/122 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: None  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 26 August 2013 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 27 August 2013 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 28 August 2013 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 23 August 2013 
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. *305 
E-mail: dirección@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. *305 
E-mail: dirección@agrocalidad.gob.ec  relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec