G/SPS/N/ECU/132  
13 November 2013  
(13-6283)  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 num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Primary products of animal and plant origin. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners 
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Resolución DAJ-20133EC-0201.0096  (Resolution DAJ-
20133EC-0201.0096) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 4 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/ECU/13_4460_00_s.pdf 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/ECU/13_4460_01_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: The notified Resolution issues the National Plan for the 
Monitoring and Control of Contaminants in Primary Production. The Plan is set forth in the 
General Annex to the Resolution and forms an integral part of the text. 
The Plan seeks to control maximum permitted levels for the country's main agricultural 
products, with a view to reducing the risk of food contamination and improving food quality 
by ensuring food safety in the primary production phase. 
The National Plan for the Monitoring and Control of Contaminants in Primary Production 
includes guidelines on sampling methods used for products of plant and animal origin to 
determine pesticide residues with a view to compliance with MRLs, and technical guidelines 
on agricultural product sampling for the determination of pesticide residues (applicable to monitoring and control on farms and in pa cking establishments and markets). These 
guidelines can be found in Annexes 1.1 an d 1.2 of the General Annex respectively. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/ECU/132 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission ( e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text ) 
 CAC/GL 33-1999: Recommended Methods of Sampling for Pesticide Residues for 
the Determination of Compliance with MRLs 
 CAC/RCP 41-1993: Analysis of Pesticide Residues: Portion of Commodities to 
which Codex MRLs Apply and which is Analyzed 
 List of Codex Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides (maximum residue limits for 
pesticides as adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission are available at: 
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/ ) 
 CODEX STAN 229-1993: Analysis of Pesticide Residues: Recommended Methods 
 CAC/MISC 4-1993: Codex Classification of Foods and Animal Feeds 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ) 
[ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: None  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 2 January 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 6 January 2014 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 2 January 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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. 220 E-mail: direccion@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 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: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec  
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec