G/SPS/N/ECU/152  
 
11 July 2014  
(14-4010)  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 numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable):  Brachiaria ( Brachiaria hybrid, Brachiaria decumbens  and 
Brachiaria brizantha ) seeds for sowing 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Brazil  
5. Title of the notified document:  Propuesta de requisitos fitosanitarios para la 
importación de semillas de brachiarias (Brachiaria hibrido, Brachiaria decumbens y 
Brachiaria brizantha) para la siembra procedentes de Brasil  (Draft phytosanitary 
requirements for the importation into Ecuador of brachiaria ( Brachiaria hybrid, Brachiaria 
decumbens  and Brachiaria brizantha ) seeds for sowing from Brazil)   
Language(s):  Spanish Number of pages:  1  
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/ECU/14_3078_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Draft phytosanitary requirements for the importation into 
Ecuador of brachiaria ( Brachiaria hybrid, Brachiaria decumbens  and Brachiaria brizantha ) 
seeds for sowing from Brazil. 
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 seri al 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 number)  
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 G/SPS/N/ECU/152 
 
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   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 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  10 September 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  11 September 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  11 September 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) :  9 September 2014  
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) 2567-232 / 2543-319 / 2548-751 Fax:  (+593 2) 2567-232 / 2543-319 / 2548-71, ext. 153 
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 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:  dirección@agrocalidad.gob.ec   
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec