G/SPS/N/ECU/1 92 
 
6 July 2017 
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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, w here applicable):  Forage turnip (Brassica rapa ) seed for sowing  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries:  New Zealand  
5. Title of the notified document:  Propuesta de Requisitos Fitosanitarios para la 
Importación de Semillas de Nabo Forrajero (Brassica Rapa) para la Siembra Originarias 
de Nueva Zelanda (Draft phytosanitary requirements governing  the importation into 
Ecuador of forage turnip  (Brassica  rapa) seed for sowing  from New Zealand ) 
Language(s):  Spanish Number of pages:  1     
Text available at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/ECU/ 17_3077_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Draft mandatory phytosanitary requirements governing the 
importation into  Ecuador of forage turnip ( Brassica  rapa) seed for sowing  from New 
Zealand .  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [ X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X] 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. 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/1 92 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 6 July  2017 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 6 July  2017 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 4 September  2017 
Agency or authority designated to handle 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) 2 256 7232 / 254 3319 / 8751  
Fax: (+593) 2 256 7232 / 254 3319 / 8751, Ex t. 118  
E-mail: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec  
 relaciones.internacionales@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 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) 2 256 7232 / 254 3319 / 8751  
Fax: (+593) 2 256 7232 / 254 3319 / 8751, Ext. 118  
E-mail: direccion@agroc alidad.gob.ec  
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec