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G/SPS/N/ECU/85 
19 July 2011 
 (11-3603) 
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 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):  Robusta coffee ( Coffea canephora ) cuttings for planting 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners [X] Specific regions or countries:  Brazil  
5. Title of the notified document:  Requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de estacas 
de café (Coffea canephora) (Phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Ecuador of 
Robusta coffee ( Coffea canephora ) cuttings)  Language(s):  Spanish  Number of pages:  1 
Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/ECU/11_2278_00_s.pdf
6. Description of content:  Phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Ecuador of 
Robusta coffee ( Coffea canephora ) cuttings for planting from Brazil. 
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)  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos. 2 and 11  
[ ] None G/SPS/N/ECU/85 
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   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:  Available in 
Spanish 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  11 July 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  11 July 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  11 September 2011 
[ ] 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 September 2011 
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   relaciones.internaciona les@agrocalidad.gob.ec