. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ECU/6 
21 July 2005 
 (05-3281) 
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:  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):  Agricultural pesticides  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries trading agricultural products with Ecuador.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolution No. 004, 
published in Registro Oficial (Official Journal) No. 36 of 10 June 2005 (8 pages, in 
Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  List of pesticides registered with the Ecuadorian Agricultural 
Health Service (SESA) for the period Ja nuary 2004 to April 2005, pursuant to Decreto 
Ejecutivo 3609  (Executive Decree No. 3609) issuing the Texto Unificado de Legislación 
Secundaria del Ministerio de  Agricultura y Ganadería  (Consolidated Secondary Legislative 
Text of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock), published in Special Edition No. 1 of the Registro Oficial  (Official Journal) of 20 March 2003,  Title XXVIII, Book II, Article 15 
of the Reglamento de Plaguicidas y Productos Afines de Uso Agrícola  (Regulations on 
agricultural pesticides and related products).  This  list is annexed to and forms part of this 
Resolution.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests        
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:   Not applicable  
[   ] 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:        
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Resolution No. 004, 
published in Registro Oficial (Official Journal) No. 36 of 10 June 2005 (8 pages, in 
Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  10 June 2005  G/SPS/N/ECU/6 
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 11. Proposed date of entry into force:  10 June 2005  
12. Final date for comments:  60 days  
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:        
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 Sanidad Agropecuaria, SESA 
Av. Amazonas y Eloy Alfaro, Ed. MAG, piso 9 Quito, Ecuador  
Enquiry point: 
Contact person:  Edwin Cáceres Acosta 
E-mail:  ecaceres@mag.gov.ec and lherrera@mag.gov.ec Tel.:  (593) 2 256-7232, ext. 116 and 105 Fax:  (593) 2 256-7232, ext. 201 Web site:  http://www.sesa.gov.ec