WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SG/N/16/ECU/1/Suppl.1 
8 January 2008 
 
 (08-0060) 
Committee on Safeguards Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF THE INITIATION OF AN INVESTIGATION ON IMPORTS 
TO ECUADOR OF TEX TILE PRODUCTS FROM 
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
 
Supplement
 
 
  The following communication, dated 19 D ecember 2007, has been received from the 
Permanent Mission of Ecuador.  
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  Pursuant to Section 16 of the Protocol of Ac cession of the People's Republic of China to the 
World Trade Organization (WTO) and Article 12.1 of  the Agreement on Safeguards, Ecuador hereby 
notifies to the Committee on Safeguards Resolution No. 399 of the Foreign Trade and Investment 
Council of Ecuador (COMEXI), as published in Offi cial Journal No. 211 of 14 November 2007, 
whereby it was decided to extend by an additional two months the period of investigation established 
by Resolution No. 06-018 of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industrialization, Fisheries and Competitiveness (MICIP), in order to enable the inv estigating authority of the Ministry of Industry 
and Competitiveness (MIC) to gather additional information from the applicants, from the other 
interested parties and from other national and intern ational sources, so as to determine whether or not 
the domestic market has been disrupted by imports  of textiles originating in and consigned from 
China.   To that end, the text of the aforem entioned Resolution is attached hereto. 
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  Official Journal No. 211 14 November 2007 
 
Resolution No. 399 
 
THE FOREIGN TRADE AND INVESTMENT COUNCIL (COMEXI) 
 
 
Whereas:  
 
 Pursuant to the provisions of Section 16 of the Protocol of Accession of the People's Republic 
of China to the World Trade Organization (WTO ), the Foreign Trade and Investment Council 
(COMEXI) issued Resolution No. 320, as published in Official Journal No. 105 of 16 September 2005, establishing a transitional safeguard  mechanism in respect of imports originating 
in and consigned from the People's Republic of China;  
 Pursuant to Resolution No. 06-018, published in Official Journal No. 215 of 
22 February 2006, the Under-Secretariat for Foreign Tr ade and Integration of the Ministry of Foreign 
Trade, Industrialization, Fisheries and Competitiven ess (MICIP) initiated the investigation requested 
by the Asociación de Industriales Textiles del Ecuador , AITE (Ecuadorian Association of Textile 
Manufacturers) and the textiles sector of the Cámara de la Pequeña Industria de Pichincha , CAPEIPI 
(Chamber of Small Industries of Pichincha), with a view to the application of a safeguard measure on 
imports of textiles from the People's Republic of China; 
  Within the time-limit specified in Article 9 of COMEXI Resolution No. 320, MICIP conducted the investigation process to determine whet her imports of textiles from China were causing 
market disruption, and on 30 November 2006 comp leted the corresponding technical report which 
was submitted to the Foreign Trade and Investme nt Council (COMEXI) at the meeting held on 
26 December 2006, but no decision was taken on the report at that meeting;   By means of Executive Decrees Nos. 7, 144 and 145, published in the Official Journal Nos. 36 and 37 of 8 and 9 March 2007, the name of th e Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industrialization, 
Fisheries and Competitiveness was changed, certain of its functions were reassigned and it was 
provided that the Ministry of Industry and Compe titiveness (MIC) would continue to have jurisdiction 
over foreign trade policy not falling within the scope of foreign relations, so that in consequence the 
provisions of Articles 10(b), 11(c) and 13 of the Law on Foreign Trade and Investment (LEXI) were 
maintained;  
 The Foreign Trade and Investment Council (COMEXI) examined and approved technical 
report 118 – SCI-MIC of the Ministry of Indus try and Competitiveness (MIC), which recommended a 
two-month extension of the time-limit for the inve stigation, in accordance with the provisions of 
Article 9 of Resolution No. 320, in view of the su stained increase in imports of textiles from China 
during the first half of 2007;  and  
 In exercise of the authority provided for in Article 11(b) of the Law on Foreign Trade and 
Investment (LEXI),  
Decides:  
  Article 1 – To extend by two (2) additional months  the investigation period established by 
Resolution No. 06-018 of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industrialization, Fisheries and Competitiveness (MICIP), in order to enable the inv estigating authority of the Ministry of Industry 
and Competitiveness (MIC) to gather more informat ion from the applicants, from the other interested  G/SG/N/16/ECU/1/Suppl.1 
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  parties and from other national a nd international sources, so as to determine whether or not the 
domestic market has been disrupted by imports of textiles originating in and consigned from China.   Article 2  – The investigating authority of the Mi nistry of Industry and Competitiveness shall 
notify exporters, importers, chambers  of production and other interested parties, of the extension of 
the time-limit provided for in Article 1 of this Resolution. 
  Article 3  – This Resolution shall enter into force u pon publication in the Official Journal. 
  This Resolution was adopted by the Foreign Tr ade and Investment Council at its meeting held 
on 13 September 2007. 
 (Signed) Mauricio Dávalos Guevara, Chairman. (Signed) Genaro Baldeón Herrera, Secretary.  
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