RESOLUTION 0034  
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PHYTO AND ZOOSANITARY REGULATION 
AND CONTROL AGENCY  
Considering:  
That, subsection 2 of Article 400 of the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador states: "The 
conservation of biodiversity and all its components, in particular agricultural and wild 
biodiversity and the genetic heritage of the country, is declared of public interest";  
That , Article 401 of the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador establishes: “Ecuador is 
declared free of transgenic cro ps and seeds. Exceptionally, and only in the case of national 
interest duly substantiated by the Presidency of the Republic and approved by the National 
Assembly, genetically modified seeds and crops may be introduced (…) ”; 
That, within the framework of t he World Trade Organization (WTO), the Agreement on the 
Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (AMSF), establishes that member 
countries have the right to adopt sanitary and phytosanitary measures by the competent 
authority, necessary to protec t the health and life of people and animals or to preserve 
plants;  
That, the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) of the International 
Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), such as ISPM No. 2 Framework for Pest Risk Analysis, 
ISPM No. 11  Pest Risk Analysis for quarantine pests, ISPM No. 21 Pest Risk Analysis for 
regulated non -quarantine pests and Resolution No. 025 of the Andean Community (CAN) 
procedures to carry out Pest Risk Analysis (PRA), by which the phytosanitary requirements 
of plant products are established import;  
That,  according to the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures ISPM No. 32 on 
"Categorization of products according to their risk of pests", scabiosa plants ( Scabiosa 
atropurpurea ) in artificial substrate for  planting, are in Risk category 4;  
That,  article 12 of the Organic Law of Agricultural Health, published in the Official Gazette 
Supplement 27 of July 3, 2017 establishes: " Create the Agency for the Regulation and 
Control of Plant and Animal Health, a technical entity of public law, with legal status, 
administrative and financial autonomy, decentralized, with headquarters in the city of Quito 
and national jurisdiction, attach ed to the National Agrarian Authority. This Agency is 
responsible for the regulation and control of animal health and welfare, plant health and food 
safety in primary production, in order to maintain and improve the phyto and zoosanitary 
status of agricult ural production (…) "; 
 
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DAJ-202013C -020That,  literal j ) of article 13 of the Organic Law of Agricultural Health, published in the 
Official Gazette Supplement 27 of July 3, 2017, establishes that one of the Agency's 
competencies and  attributions is: “ To certify and authorize the phyto characteristics and 
zoosanitary for the importation of plants, plant products, animals, livestock goods and 
regulated articles prior to the issuance of th e corresponding authorization”  
 
That,  literal o)  article 13 of the Organic Law of Agricultural Health, published in the Official 
Gazette Supplement 27 of July 3, 2017 establishes that one of the Agency's 
competencies and attributions is: “Regulate and control the fitio and zoosanitary of the 
import and export of plants, plant products, animals, livestock goods and regulated 
articles, at the authorized entry points established  
 
That,  literal a) of article 22 of the Organic Law of Agricultural Health, published in the 
Official Gazette Supplement 27 of July 3, 2017 establishes that "To maintain and improve 
the phytosanitary status, the Regulation and Control Agency will implement in the  
national territory and in the special zones of economic development, the following 
mandatory phytosanitary measures: a) Phytosanitary requirements  ”; 
 
That,  the Sixth General Provision of the Organic Law of Agricultural Health, published in 
the Official Gazette Supplement 27 of July 3, 2017, establishes: “ By virtue of this Law, 
the personnel, assets, assets and liabilities of the current Agro Quality Assuranc e- 
AGROCALIDAD - will be integrated into the Phyto and Zoosanitary Regulation and 
Control Agency, which will assume the representations, delegations, rights, obligations, 
assets and liabilities of the former ”; 
 
That , Article 262 of the General Regulations to the Organic Law of Agricultural Health 
published in the Official Gazette Supplement 91 of November 29, 2019, indicates: “The 
PFIs will be issued for plants, plant products and other regulated articles for which they 
are established phytosanitary import requirements”,  
 
That , through personal action No. 0890 CGAF / DATH, of August 28, 2018, Mr. Xavier 
Enrique Lazo Guerrero, Ministe r of Agriculture and Livestock appoint as Executive 
Director of the Phyto and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control Agency  to Ing.  Wilson 
Patricio Almeida Granja;  
 
That, in Resolution 0305 of December 30, 2016, which updates the procedure to prepare 
Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) studies by way of entry, for the establishment of phytosanitary 
import requirements for plants, plant products and regulated articles.  
That,  by means of Memorandum No. A GR-AGROCALIDAD / CSV -2020 -000147 -M, of 
march 10 , 2020, the General Coordinator of Plant Health (e) informs the Executive 
Director of the Phyto and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control Agency  that: After 
completing the Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) study of tomato seeds ( Lycopersicum 
sculentum)  for planting originating in Thailand, the phytosanitary import measures have 
been agreed with the Department of Agriculture of Thailand, National Organization for 
Phytosanitary Protection of this country, which is why authorization is requested for the 
revision and legalization of the draft resolution by the General Directorate of Uridical 
Advice, in order to update the photosanitary import requirements currently in force, which 
are based on the General plant quarantine manual that was approved by Resoluti on No. 
133 of May 15, 2014 and that repealed Annex 1 of Resolution No. 011 of February 26, 
2009 that details the administrative procedures for importing plants from third countries, 
vegetable products and regulated articles (...) ", which is authorized by the same 
authority of the institution through the QUIPUX document management system, and;  
  
 
In use of the legal contributions granted by the Organic Law of Agricultural Health and 
the Organic Statute of Organizational Management by processes of the Ecuad orian 
Agency for the assurance of the Quality of Agro - Agrocalidad.  
 
Solve : 
 
Article 1. - Update the phytosanitary requirements of compulsory compliance for the 
importation of tomato seeds (Lycopersicum sculentum) originating in Thailand.  
 
Article 2. - The phytosanitary requirements for importation are:  
 
1 Phytosanitary import permit, issued by the respective area of the Agency.  
 
2. Phytosanitary Export Certificate issued by the National Phytosanitary Protection 
Organization (NPPO) of Thailand stating the following:  
 
2.1 Additional statement:  
"The shipment is free of Xanthomonas campestris pv. Vesicatoria, Citrus exocortis viroid 
(CEV) and Cowpea mild mottle virus (CPMMV) according to the laboratory diagnosis 
made by the NPPO of Thailand"  
 
2.2 Pre -shipment phytosanitary disinfection treatment with fludioxonil at 2.5% + 
Metalaxyl -m at 1% FS at a dose of 2ml / kg of seed or another product with a similar 
effect in an adequate dose for Alternaria longissima, Bipolaris, hawaiiensis, Fusarium 
exysporum f.sp. lyco persici and Myrothecium verrucaria.  
 
3. The shipment must be free of soil and any foreign material.  
 
4. The shipment will be contained in new packaging for first use and must be free of 
any foreign material.  
 
5. Phytosanitary inspection at the point of ent ry. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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General layout  
 
The General Coordination of Plant Health together with the Directorate of Planning and 
Strategic Management through the Management of International Relations of the  Phyto 
ando Zoosanitary Regulation and Control Agency will be in charge of notifying this 
Resolution before the General Secretary of the Andian Community (CAN) and the World 
Trade Organization (WTO)  
 
Final Provisions  
 
First. - The General Coordination of Pl ant Health of the the  Phyto ando Zoosanitary 
Regulation and Control Agency  shall be entrusted with the execution of this resolution.  
 
 
 
Second. - This resolution will come into effect 60 days from its publication in the official 
registry.  
 
 
 
LET IT BE COMMUNICATED, PUBLISHED AND ENFORCED.  
Given in Quito, D.M. March  the 16th, 2020.  
 
 
 
 
 
Executive Director of the Phyto and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control 
Agency  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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