. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ECU/81 
5 December 2008 
 (08-5972) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  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):  Pork 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[   ] All trading partners, or 
[ X ] Specific regions or countries:  Chile  
5. Title of the notified document:  Suspensión de Importaciones de  Carne de Cerdo de la 
República de Chile Procedente de Centro s de Producción Contaminados con Dioxinas  
(Suspension of the importation into Ecuador of pork contaminated with dioxins from 
production centres in the Republic of Chile).  Language:   Spanish.  Number of pages:   2 
6. Description of content:  Suspension of the importation into Ecuador of pork contaminated 
with dioxins from production centres in the Republic  of Chile, in particular the Libertador 
O'Higgins, Maule and Metropolitan regions. 
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. 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)  
[ X ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)  
[   ] None G/SPS/N/ECU/81 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standa rd?  If so, identify the standard:   (cont'd) 
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:  Ecuadorian 
Agricultural Health Service (SESA) Reso lution No. 067 (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Immediately 
Proposed date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) : 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Immediately 
[  ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] 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, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  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  Tel.: +(593) 2 254-4472 / 256-7232 / 254-3319  Fax: +(593) 2 222-8448  E-mail: direcsesa@sesa.gov.ec;  plozada@sesa.gov.ec