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G/SPS/N/ECU/110 
3 January 2013 
 (13-0007) 
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):  Bare-rooted soursop ( Annona muricata ) plants in sterile vermiculite for 
planting. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Colombia  
5. Title of the notified document:  Propuesta de requisitos fitosanitarios para la 
importación de plantas de guanábana (Annona muricata) a ra íz desnuda recubiertas con 
vermiculita estéril para plantar, procedentes de la República de Colombia  
(Proposed phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Ecuador from 
the Republic of Colombia of bare-rooted soursop ( Annona muricata ) plants in sterile 
vermiculite for planting).  
Language(s):  Spanish Number of pages:  2 
Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/ECU/12_4835_00_s.pdf
6. Description of content:  Proposed phytosanitary requirements for the importation into 
Ecuador from Colombia of bare-rooted soursop ( Annona muricata ) plants in sterile 
vermiculite for planting. 
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)  G/SPS/N/ECU/110 
Page 2  
 
 
   [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: 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  None 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  25 January 2013 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  26 January 2013 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  27 January 2013 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  3 February 2013 
Agency or authority designated to handl e 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. 305 E-mail: dirección@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
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13. Texts available from:  [ ] 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. 305 
E-mail: dirección@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
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