G/SPS/N/ECU/176  
22 February 2016  
(16-1065)  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): Coffee ( Coffea arabica  and Coffea canephora ) beans 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X]  Specific regions or countries: Brazil  
5. Title of the notified document: Resolución No. 268 sobre los requisitos de importación 
de granos de café para la industria originarios de Brasil  (Resolution No. 268 on the import 
requirements for coffee beans for processing from Brazil) Language(s): Spanish  
Number of pages: 3 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/ECU/16_0714_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: Resolution No. 268 on the import requirements for coffee beans 
for processing from Brazil. 
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 st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial 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 No.)  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:  G/SPS/N/ECU/176 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 18 May 2016 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 18 May 2016 
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) : 22 April 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email 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 Email: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec           relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email 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 
Email: direccion@agrocalidad.gob.ec  relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec