. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ECU/16 
1 May 2007 
 (07-1808) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
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 nu mber(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  
 Poultry for breeding, fertile eggs, and pr oducts, by-products and derivatives of avian 
origin, of the species Gallus gallus domesticus and Gallopavo, from the State of West Virginia 
in the United States of America.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  State of 
West Virginia in the United States of America.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolución 005, que 
suspende la importación de aves para reprodu cción, huevos fértiles, productos, subproductos y 
derivados de origen avícola de las especies  Gallus gallus domesticus y gallipavo (Resolution 
No. 5 suspending imports of poultry for breeding,  fertile eggs, and pr oducts, by-products and 
derivatives of avian origin, of the species Gallus gallus domesticus  and Gallopavo ) (2 pages, in 
Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  Through the World Organization for Animal Health, SESA has learnt 
that seropositive cases and isolates of strains of av ian influenza have been detected on a poultry 
farm in Pendleton County, State of Virginia.  
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  The World Organization 
for Animal Health has rendered official the detection of seropositive cases and isolates of 
strains of avian influenza on a poultry farm in Pendleton County in the State of West Virginia, United States of America.  
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] Wo rld 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/16 
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  10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Resolution No. 005 
(2 pages, in Spanish).  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable): Immediately.  
12. 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 Sa nidad Agropecuaria - SESA 
Av. Amazonas y Eloy Alfaro, Ed. MAG, piso 9 
Quito, Ecuador 
 Contact person
:  Ms. Leticia Herrera Garcés  
E-mail:  lherrera@mag.gov.ec  
Tel.:  +(593) 2 2567-232, ext. 105 
Fax:  +(593) 2 2567-232, ext. 201 
Web site:  http://www.sesa.mag.gov.ec