G/SPS/N/ECU/162  
6 July 2015  
(15-3492)  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): Aster ( Aster novi-belgii ) plants 
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 requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación 
de plantas de aster (Aster novi-belgii) para plantar originarias de Colombia (Draft 
phytosanitary requirements for the importation of aster ( Aster novi-belgii ) plants for 
planting from Colombia) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 1 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/ECU/15_2590_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: Draft phytosanitary requirements for the importation of aster 
(Aster novi-belgii ) plants for planting from Colombia. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal heal th, [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 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:  G/SPS/N/ECU/162 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 2 September 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication, 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 
[ ] 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 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] 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) 2 256 7232; 254 3319/8751 Fax: +(593) 2 256 7232; 254 3319/8751, Ext. 118 Email: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [ ] 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) 2 256 7232; 254 3319/8751 Fax: +(593) 2 256 7232; 254 3319/8751, Ext. 118 
Email: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec