. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ECU/3  
15 April 2005 
 (05-1569) 
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:  Ecuadorian Agricultural Health Service (SESA).  
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):  Basic general legislation on agricultu ral health covering all agricultural 
products.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries which trade agricultural products with Ecuador. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Executive Decree 
No. 3609 of 20 March 2003, Published in Special Edition No. 1 of the Registro Oficial 
(Official Journal), Issuing the Consolidated Secondary Legislative Text of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.  (437 pages in elect ronic format (Word) and nine pages of hard 
copy, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  The notified Consolidated Secondary Legislative Text repeals 142 
pieces of legislation and establishes the regulations of a number of laws concerning 
agricultural health, the creation of the Ecua dorian Agricultural Health Service (SESA) and 
issues falling within the sphere of competence of  the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 
and other written legal instruments, containe d in a number of Books and Titles, including 
the General Regulation of the Law on Animal H ealth, the General Regulation of the Law on 
Plant Health, the Regulation of the Law on the Coffee Sector, the Regulation of the Law on 
Seeds, the Regulation of the Law on the Promotion and Control of the Production and 
Marketing of Bananas and Plantains (Barraga nete variety) and Other Similar Musaceae for 
Export, the Regulation of the Law on Slaught erhouses and the Inspection, Marketing and 
Processing of Meat, and the General Regulation of the Law on the Eradication of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Ecuador. 
 Book II includes regulations on the following:  (1) Agricultural Fairs;  
(2) Monitoring of Poultry Farms;  (3) Slaughter, Inspection, Classification and Marketing of Poultry for Human Consumption;  (4) Monito ring of Artificial Incubation Facilities and 
Operations;  (5) Monitoring of Ostrich Fa rms;  (6) Monitoring of Swine Farms;  
(7) Environmental Management for the Banana Sector;  (8) the Special Regulation on 
Agricultural Health for the Galapagos Islands;  (9) the Health Regulation on Dog Shows, 
inter alia . G/SPS/N/ECU/3 
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 7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests        
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] 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:  Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures, International Pl ant Protection Convention (IPPC), World 
Organization for Animal Health (OIE), CODEX.  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Executive Decree 
No. 3609 of 20 March 2003, Published in Special Edition No. 1 of the Registro Oficial  
(Official Journal), Issuing the Consolidated Secondary Legislative Text of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.  Available in Spanish only.   
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Existing regulations.  Phytosanitary notification in 
compliance with Annex A to the Agreemen t on the Application of Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures, which states that "San itary or phytosanitary measures include all 
relevant laws, decrees, regulations, requirements and procedures ... ".   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  n/a 
12. Final date for comments:  n/a 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, 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: 
Person Responsible:  Edwin Cáceres Acosta 
E-mail:  ecaceres@mag.gov.ec  or lherrera@mag.gov.ec  
Tel.:  (593) 2 2567 232, ext. 116 or 105 
Fax:  (593) 2 2567 232, ext. 201 
Web site:  http://www.sesa.gov.ec 
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: