. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ECU/80 
5 December 2008 
 (08-5971) 
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):  Papayas 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[   ] All trading partners, or 
[   ] Specific regions or countries:  Not specified  
5. Title of the notified document:  Establecimiento en todo el T erritorio Nacional el Control 
de los Virus de la Papaya como:  Papaya Meleira Virus (pmv) y Papaya Ring Sportpoty 
Virus (prsv) (Establishment throughout national territory  of a control programme for papaya 
viruses, including the Papaya meleira virus (P MeV) and Papaya ringspot potyvirus (PRSV))
Language:  Spanish.  Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  Establishment throughout national territory of a control 
programme for papaya ( Carica papaya L.) viruses, including the Papaya meleira virus 
(PMeV) and Papaya ring spot potyvirus (PRSV). 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] 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 N°)  
[   ] 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/80 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Ecuadorian 
Agricultural Health Service (SESA) Reso lution No. 068 (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Immediately 
Proposed date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  Immediately 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
[  ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 
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