G/SPS/N/ECU/125  
7 August 2013  
(13-4225)  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): Watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus ) seeds 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries: Mexico  
5. Title of the notified document: Propuesta de los nuevos requisitos fitosanitarios 
de semillas de sandía (Citrullus lanatus) procedentes de México (Draft new phytosanitary 
requirements for watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus ) seeds from Mexico).  
Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 2 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/ECU/13_3155_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: Draft new phytosanitary requirements for watermelon 
(Citrullus lanatus ) seeds from Mexico. 
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 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 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:  G/SPS/N/ECU/125 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: None 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 7 October 2013 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 8 October 2013  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 9 October 2013 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 6 October 2013 
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 Ag ro - 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. 153 E-mail: dirección@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec  
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Notifi cation 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 Ag ro - 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. 153 E-mail: dirección@agrocalidad.gob.ec 
 relaciones.internacionales@agrocalidad.gob.ec