G/SPS/N/ECU/1 94 
 
24 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, where applicable):  Watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus ) 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:  Chinese Taipei  
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolución 0082 - Actualización de requisitos 
fitosanitarios de  cumplimiento obligatorio para la importación de semillas de sandía 
(Citrullus lanatus) para la siembra, originarias de Taipei Chino  (Resolution  No. 0082: 
Updated mandatory phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Ecuador 
of watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus ) seeds for sowing from Chinese Taipei ) Language(s):  
Spanish Number of pages:  3  
Text available at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS /ECU/17_3368_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Updated mandatory phytosanitary requirements governing the 
importation into Ecuador of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus ) seeds for sowing  from 
Chinese Taipei . 
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 Commissio n (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) : 
Internat ional Standards for Phyto sanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos. 2 and 11  
[ ] 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 s tandard:   G/SPS/N/ECU/1 94 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 3 July 2017 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 3 July 2017 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 60 days after publication in the Official Journal  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 22 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 N30-350 y Amazonas, Edificio MAGAP, Piso 9  
Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.:  (+593) 2 256 7232/254 3319/8751 , Ext. 118  
Fax: (+593) 2 256 7232/254 3319/8751, Ext. 118  
E-mail:  direccion@agrocalidad.gob .ec 
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.agrocalidad.gob.ec  
13. Text(s) available from:  [ ] Natio nal 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 , Ext. 118  
Fax: (+593) 2 256 7232/254 3319/8751, Ext. 118  
E-mail:  direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec  
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.agrocalidad.gob.ec