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ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/ECU/90 
19 December 2011 
 (11-6673) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
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 Ag ricultural Product Quality Assurance) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  White teak ( Gmelina arborea Roxb. ) seedlings in dehydrated peat  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Costa Rica  
5. Title of the notified document:  Propuesta de Requisitos Fitosanitarios de Plántulas de 
Melina en Turba Deshidratada Procedentes de Costa Rica (Proposed phytosanitary 
requirements for white teak seedlings in  dehydrated peat from Costa Rica). 
Language(s):  Spanish Number of pages:  1 
Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/ECU/11_4088_00_s.pdf
6. Description of content:  Proposed phytosanitary requirements for white teak ( Gmelina 
arborea Roxb. ) seedlings in dehydrated peat from Costa Rica. 
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.  G/SPS/N/ECU/90 
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  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)  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos. 2 and 11  
[ ] 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:  None  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  14 November 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  14 January 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  14 July 2012 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  17 February 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] 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, [ ] 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, Edificio MAGAP, Piso 9 
Quito Tel.:  +(593 2) 256-7232 / 254-3319 / 254-8751 Fax:  +(593 2) 256-7232 / 254-3319 / 254-8751, Ext. 102 E-mail:  dirección@agrocalidad.gov.ec