G/SPS/N/ECU/1 96 
 
8 August  2017 
(17-4277) 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 Pr oduct 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):  Veterinary products  
4. Regions or countries likely to b e affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolución 0003 - Aprobación del "Manual para el 
Registro de Empresas y Productos de Uso Veterinario"  (Resol ution No.  0003 - Approval  
of the  "Manual on the registration  of veterinary enterprises and products ") 
Language(s):  Spanish Number of pages:  127     
Text available at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/ECU/17_3445_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Resolution No.  0003 - Approval  of the  "Manual on the 
registration  of veterinary enterprises and products ". 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ X] anima l health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory  from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[X] World Organi sation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Rules of Procedure of the OIE 
Committee of the Americas for harmonisation of the registration and control of 
veterinary medicines , Articles  1 and 2  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :   
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] Yes   [  ] No  
If no, descri be, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/ECU/1 96 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 19 July 2017 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 19 July 2017 
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 ): 7 October  2017 
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 Agro, AGROCALIDAD  
Av. Eloy Alfaro N30-350 y Amazonas, Edificio MAGAP, Piso 9  
Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.:  (+593) 2 256 7232/254 3319/8751 , Ext. 118  
Fax: (+593) 2 256 7232/254 3319/8751, Ext. 118  
E-mail:  direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec  
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.agrocalidad.gob.ec  
13. Text(s) 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, Edifi cio MAGAP, Piso 9  
Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.: (+593) 2 256 7232/254 3319/8751 , Ext. 118  
Fax: (+593) 2 256 7232/254 3319/8751, Ext. 118  
E-mail:  direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec  
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.agrocalidad.gob.ec