G/SPS/N/ECU/150  
 
11 July 2014  
(14-4007)  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 numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable):  Gmelina or white teak ( Gmelina arborea ) seeds 
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 para la 
importación de semillas de melina (Gmelina arborea) para la siembra procedentes de Brasil (Proposed phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Ecuador of gmelina 
or white teak ( Gmelina arborea ) seeds for sowing from Brazil)    Language(s):  Spanish 
Number of pages:  1 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/ECU/14_3076_00_s.pdf   
6. Description of content:  Proposed phytosanitary requirements for the importation into 
Ecuador of gmelina or white teak ( Gmelina arborea ) seeds for sowing from Brazil. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] 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 seri al number of Codex 
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 
 If no, describe, whenever possible,  how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/ECU/150 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  None 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  10 September 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  11 September 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  11 September 2014  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  9 September 2014  
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 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. 153 
E-mail:  dirección@agrocalidad.gob.ec   
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec  
13. Texts available from:  [ ] 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. 153  
E-mail:  dirección@agrocalidad.gob.ec   
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec