G/SPS/N/ECU/165  
 
16 September 2015  
(15-4716)  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): Purple garlic ( Allium sativum ) bulbs 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners  [X] Specific regions or countries: Spain  
5. Title of the notified document: Propuesta de requisitos fitosanitarios para la 
importación de bulbos de ajo (Allium sativum) para consumo originarios de España  
(Draft phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Ecuador of garlic 
(Allium sativum ) bulbs for consumption from Spain) 
Language(s): Spanish  Number of pages: 1 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/ECU/15_3660_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The notified draft text establishes the mandatory 
phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Ecuador of  garlic ( Allium 
sativum ) bulbs for consumption from Spain. 
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 stan dard? 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 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/ECU/165 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 11 September 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 11 November 2015  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :   
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 November 2015 
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