G/LIC/N/1/ECU/5  
20 June 2014  
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Committee on Import Licensing  Original: Spanish  
 
  AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLES 1.4(A) AND 8.2(B) 
 E CUADOR  
The following communication, dated 17 June 2014, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of Ecuador.  
1. Pursuant to Article 72(f) of the Organic Code of Production, Trade and Investment, published 
in Official Journal No. 351 of 29 December  2010, the Foreign Trade Committee (COMEX) 
is responsible for issuing regulations on import licensing and import procedures other than customs procedures. COMEX replaces the Foreign Trade and Investment Council (COMEXI), 
the Resolutions of which are in full effect. 
 2.  Regulations concerning products subject to pre-import controls are established in 
the following Resolutions: 
 
 COMEX  Resolution No. 45 of 1 March 2012 (published in Official Journal No. 661 
of 14 March 2012) incorporating in COMEXI Re solution No. 450 "List of products subject 
to pre-import controls" a list of HYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBON (HCFC) products subject to import licences, to be granted by the Mini stry of Industry and Productivity (MIPRO). 
 
 COMEX  Resolution No. 73 of 11 July 2012 (published in Official Journal 
No. 765 of 13 August 2012) amending COMEX Resolution No. 45, which incorporated a list of HYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBON (HCFC) pr oducts in the "List of products subject 
to pre-import controls". 
 
 COMEX  Resolution No. 81 of 30 July 2012 (published in the Supplement to Official 
Journal No. 792 of 19 September 2012) making imports under four tariff subheadings 
corresponding to cotton products subject to import licences, to be granted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries (MAGAP).  
 COMEX  Resolution No. 89 of 24 October 2012 (published in the Second Supplement 
to Official Journal No. 824 of 6 November 2012) incorporating in COMEXI Resolution No. 450 "List of products subject to pre-import controls" a list of tariff 
subheadings subject to import licences, to be  granted by the Ministry of Transport and 
Public Works (MTOP).  
 COMEX  Resolution No. 95 of 7 December 2012 (published in Official Journal 
No. 883 of 31 January 2013) amending COMEXI Resolution No. 450 to incorporate, in the "List of products subject to pre-import controls", control of the import licences for three-wheeled motor vehicles granted by the National Transit Agency (ANT). 
 
 COMEX  Resolution No. 98 of 19 December 2012 (published in Official Journal 
No. 877 of 23 January 2013) providing for the ad ministration by the Ministry of Industry 
and Productivity (MIPRO) of the allocation of the annual import quotas 
for HYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBONS (HCFCs) by means of the licences approved 
pursuant to Resolution No. 45 and the amendment thereto (Resolution No. 73). G/LIC/N/1/ECU/5 
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  3. In accordance with the principle of transparency, the above-mentioned Resolutions 
can be downloaded from the "COMEX", "RESOLUCIO NES" section of the Ministry of Foreign Trade 
website at http://www.come rcioexterior.gob.ec. 
The texts of the Resolutions are also available at the WTO Secretariat for consultation 
by Members. 
 
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