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G/SPS/N/ECU/101 
4 October 2012 
 (12-5364) 
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 Ag ricultural Product Quality Assurance) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers  should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Guinea grass ( Panicum maximum ) seed 
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 los nuevos requisitos fitosanitarios de 
semillas de pasto (Panicum maxi mum) procedentes de Brasil (Proposed new phytosanitary 
requirements for Guinea grass ( Panicum maximum ) seed from Brazil).  
Language(s):  Spanish Number of pages:  2 
Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/ECU/12_3907_00_s.pdf
6. Description of content:  Proposed new phytosanitary requirements for Guinea grass 
(Panicum maximum ) seed 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 stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial 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  G/SPS/N/ECU/101 
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   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: 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  None 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  26 November 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  27 November 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  28 November 2012 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  3 December 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handle 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 2567-232 / 2543-319 / 2548-751 
Fax: (+593) 2 2567-232 / 2543-319 / 2548-71, ext. 220 E-mail: dirección@agrocalidad.gob.ec  relaciones.internaciona les@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 2567-232 / 2543-319 / 2548-751 Fax: (+593) 2 2567-232 / 2543-319 / 2548-71, ext. 220 E-mail: dirección@agrocalidad.gob.ec  relaciones.internaciona les@agrocalidad.gob.ec