G/SPS/N/ECU/160  
 
26 May 2015  
(15-2719)  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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Coffee ( Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora ) beans for 
consumption 
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 de cumplimiento 
obligatorio para la importación de granos de café (Coffea arabica y Coffea canephora) 
para consumo procedentes de Brasil (Draft mandatory phytosanitary requirements 
governing the importation into Ecuador of coffee ( Coffea arabica  and Coffea canephora ) 
beans for consumption from Brazil) 
Language(s): Spanish  Number of pages: 1 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/ECU/15_2147_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: Updated mandatory phytosanitary requirements governing the 
importation into Ecuador of coffee ( Coffea arabica  and Coffea canephora ) beans for 
consumption from Brazil.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st 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  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
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/160 
 
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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) : 28 July 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 29 July 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 30 July 2015  
[ ] 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 July 2015 
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. 118 
E-mail:  dirección@agrocalidad.gob.ec   
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec  
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Notifi cation 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. 118 
E-mail:  dirección@agrocalidad.gob.ec   
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec