. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ECU/79 
3 December 2008 
 (08-5897) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  ECUADOR
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Servicio Ecuatoriano de  Sanidad Agropecuaria , SESA (Ecuadorian 
Agricultural Health Service) 
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):  Plants, plant products and other regulated articles 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or 
 All countries which export such products to Ecuador  
[   ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:   Procedimiento Administrativo para el Registro de 
Importadores de Plantas, Productos Vegeta les y Otros Artículos Reglamentados  
(Administrative procedure for the registration of importers of plants, plant products and 
other regulated articles).  Language:   Spanish.  Number of pages:   7. 
6. Description of content:  Approval of the administrative procedure for the registration of 
importers of plants, plant products  and other regulated articles. 
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 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)  
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM N°)  
[ X ] None G/SPS/N/ECU/79 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standa rd?  If so, identify the standard:   (cont'd) 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [   ] Yes  [ X ] 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:  Ecuadorian 
Agricultural Health Service (SESA) Reso lution No. 054 (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Immediately 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) : 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Immediately 
[  ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
 Servicio Ecuatoriano de Sanidad Agropecuaria, SESA 
 Avs. Amazonas y Eloy Alfaro 
 Edificio MAGAP, piso 9  Tel.: +(593) 2 254-4472 / 256-7232 / 254-3319  Fax: +(593) 2 222-8448  E-mail: direcsesa@sesa.gov.ec;  plozada@sesa.gov.ec