. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ECU/4 
21 July 2005 
 (05-3279) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   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):  Emergency health measures to prevent th e entry into Ecuadorian territory of 
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), also known as animal prion diseases 
and including Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Scrapie 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
 Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, 
Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the 
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, the United 
Kingdom and the United States of America.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolution No. 004, 
published in Registro Oficial (Official Journal) No. 320 of 23 April 2004 (3 pages, in 
Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Suspension of imports from the affected countries of animals of 
species susceptible to the above pathologies,  such as bovine, caprine, ovine and feline 
animals and zoo animals, of products and by-p roducts of animal origin, including brains, 
spinal cords, thymus glands, spleens, tonsils, intestines, nerve tissue and mucosa-associated 
lymphoid tissue, and of concentrated foods, including meat and bone meal, which contain 
mammal proteins and are intended for animal feed.   
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection,  
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests  
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:   
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE),  [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    G/SPS/N/ECU/4 
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 9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Resolution No. 004, 
published in Registro Oficial (Official Journal) No. 320 of 23 April 2004 (3 pages, in 
Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   23 April 2004 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   23 April 2004 
12. Final date for comments:   Immediately after publication 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Sanidad Agropecuaria, SESA 
Av. Amazonas y Eloy Alfaro, Ed. MAG, piso 9 Quito, Ecuador 
 
Enquiry point: 
Contact person: Edwin Cáceres  
E-mail:   ecaceres@mag.gov.ec and lherrera@mag.gov.ec Tel.:   (593) 2 256-7232, ext. 116 and 105 
Fax:   (593) 2 256-7232, ext. 201 
Web site:   http://www.sesa.gov.ec