G/SPS/N/ECU/159  
21 May 2015  
(15-2641)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
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 num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Live animals (live adult birds, genetic poultry material (chicks and 
fertile eggs)) and products and by-products thereof. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries: United States of America  
5. Title of the notified document: Resolución 0047  (Resolution No.0047) Language(s): 
Spanish Number of pages: 3 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/ECU/15_2076_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: The notified text prohibits the entry into Ecuador of live animals 
(live adult birds, genetic poultry material (chicks and fertile eggs)) and products and by-
products of avian origin from the United States of America, which pose a risk of transmitting the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal heal th, [ ] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action: According to reports 
from the World Organisation for Animal Heal th (OIE), 2015 has seen outbreaks of highly 
pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds and backyard poultry and on commercial turkey and chicken farms in the US States of Washington, Missouri, Arkansas, Minnesota, Oregon 
and California. Since this is considered an exotic disease for Ecuador and the Andean 
region, and given its high mortality rate, there is a total ban on the movement of birds and bird products within the country (quarantine). No treatment exists, and the poultry population susceptible to the disease must be slaughtered. For these reasons, 
AGROCALIDAD has adopted Emergency Sanitary Resolution No. 0047. G/SPS/N/ECU/159 
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  9. 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 Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ) 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
Resolución 1285 de la CAN: "Norma Sanitaria Andina para el comercio y la movilización intrasubregional y con terceros países de aves y sus productos" - Gaceta Oficial del 
Acuerdo de Cartagena número 1765, de 21 de octubre de 2009 (Andean Community 
Resolution No. 1285: "Andean health standard governing trade in and the movement of poultry and poultry products at intra-subregional level and with third countries" - Official 
Gazette of the Cartagena Agreement No. 1765 of 21 October 2009) 
http://www.google.ch/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&es rc=s&source=web&cd =2&ved=0CCUQFjAB&u
rl=http%3A%2F%2Fintranet.comunidadandin a.org%2FDocumentos%2FGacetas%2FGace1
765.pdf&ei=Y_VaVYC0EYG9UtfGg bgB&usg=AFQjCNGlcjTSRcq1-
xWJYhxdpvW6CFQhhQ&sig2=Mv3x8Dg3ViVvBM2l8vuOFA&bvm=bv.93564037,d.ZGU  
(available in Spanish) 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of applicat ion (as applicable): 16 
April 2015 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email 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 / 254 8751 Fax: (+593 2) 256 7232 / 254 3319 / 254 8751 
Email: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Noti fication Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email 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 / 254 8751 
Fax: (+593 2) 256 7232 / 254 3319 / 254 8751, Ext. 305 
Email: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec  relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec