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G/SPS/N/ECU/88 
27 September 2011  
 (11-4665) 
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):  Orchard grass ( Dactylis glomerata  L.) seed for sowing 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners [X] Specific regions or countries:  Denmark  
5. Title of the notified document:  Propuesta de Requisitos Fitosanitarios de Semillas de 
pasto azul procedente de Dinamarca  (Proposed phytosanitary requirements for orchard 
grass seed from Denmark) Language(s):   Spanish  Number of pages:  1 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/ECU/11_3106_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content:  Phytosanitary requirements for orchard grass seed from Denmark 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[X] 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/88 
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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) :  23 November 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  23 November 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  24 November 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  22 November 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) 2567-232 / 2543-319 / 2548 751 Fax: +(593 2) 2567-232 / 2543-319 / 2548 751, Ext. 102 E-mail: dirección@agrocalidad.gov.ec