G/SPS/N/ECU/112  
 
15 January 2013  
(13-0221)  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 Agricultural 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):  Melon ( Cucumis melo L.) seeds for sowing. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners       
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Peru 
5. Title of the notified document:  Propuesta de requisitos fitosanitarios de semillas de 
melón (Cucumis melo L.) procedente de Perú  (Proposed phytosanitary requirements for 
melon ( Cucumis melo L.) seeds from Peru). 
Language(s): Spanish  Number of pages: 2 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/ECU/13_0148_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Proposed phytosanitary requirements for melon 
(Cucumis melo  L.) seeds from Peru. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st 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 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/112 
 
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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) :  11 March 2013 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  12 March 2013 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  13 March 2013 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure       
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  16 March 2013 
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 Ag ro - 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. *305 
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 availabl e) of other body: 
Agencia Ecuatoriana de Aseguramiento de  la Calidad del Ag ro - 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. *305 
E mail: dirección@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec