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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ECU/74 
24 October 2008 
 (08-5161) 
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):  Poultry and products and by-products of avian origin 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Peru 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Suspensión de 
Importación de Aves para la Reproducción, Huevos Fértiles, Productos y Derivados de 
Origen Avícola, de las Especies Gallos Domé sticos y Gallipavo, Procedentes de Zonas 
Afectadas por Laringotraqueitis Infeccios a Aviar en la República del Perú (Suspension of 
the importation into Ecuador of poultry for breeding, fertile eggs and products and by-
products of avian origin of the species Gallus domesticus  and Gallopavo  from areas affected 
by avian infectious laryngotracheitis in th e Republic of Peru) (1 page in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  Suspension of the importation into Ecuador of poultry for 
breeding, fertile eggs and products and by-p roducts of avian origin of the species Gallus 
domesticus  and Gallopavo  from areas affected by avian infectious laryngotracheitis in Peru 
until Peru's National Agrarian Health Service ( Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria , 
SENASA) submits the required epidemiological  information to the Ecuadorian Agricultural 
Health Service (SESA). 
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] 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:  Ecuadorian 
Agricultural Health Service (SESA) Reso lution No. 056 (available in Spanish). G/SPS/N/ECU/74 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  Immediately  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Immediately  
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
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 
Avs. Amazonas y Eloy Alfaro 
Edificio MAGAP, piso 9 
Quito Tel.: +(593) 2 254-4472 / 256-7232 / 254-3319 Fax: +(593) 2 222-8448  E-mail: direcsesa@sesa.gov.ec  or  plozada@sesa.gov.ec