G/SPS/N/ECU/168  
 
30 November 2015  
(15-6312)  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): Fresh foliage of the laurel-leaved snail tree ( Cocculus 
laurifolius )  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: Colombia  
5. Title of the notified document: Propuesta de Requisitos Fitosanitarios para la 
Importación de Follaje Fresco de Coculus (Cocculus Laurifolius) para la Elaboración de 
Arreglos Florales, Originarios de Colombia (Draft phytosanitary requirements governing 
the importation into Ecuador of fresh fo liage of the laurel-leaved snail tree ( Cocculus 
Laurifolius ) for floral arrangements from Colombia) 
Language(s): Spanish  Number of pages: 1 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/ECU/15_4767_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The notified draft text establishes the mandatory 
phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Ecuador of fresh foliage of 
the laurel-leaved snail tree ( Cocculus Laurifolius ) for floral arrangements from Colombia. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] 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 Organisation 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/168 
 
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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:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 29 January 2016 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 2 February 2016 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 3 February 2016 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 29 January 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] 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 Fax: (+593) 2 256 7232/254 3319/8751, Ext. 118 
E-mail: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec  
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] 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 Fax: (+593) 2 256 7232/254 3319/8751, Ext. 118 
E-mail: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec