Productos agrícolas y ganaderos
- Document symbol
- G/LIC/N/3/ECU/3/Add.1/Corr.1
- Original language
- Spanish
- Published on
- 19/04/2010
Outline of Systems
Q1. Give a brief description of each licensing system as a whole and, with respect to each, reply to the following questions as relevant, placing all of the material with respect to a given system in sequence together, and using cross references as appropriate when elements which have already been described are also present in another system.
Resolución No. 022-2022 del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG), de 7 de marzo de 2022.- Establece el procedimiento para otorgar y administrar Licencias No Automáticas de Importación de Productos bajo el control del MAG, establecidos en el Anexo I.
La admisión y aprobación de la Licencia No Automática de Importación no eximirá a los importadores de la obtención de los controles de sanidad animal y/o vegetal, inocuidad alimentaria o similares, aplicables a los productos agropecuarios.
Purposes and Coverage of Licensing
Q2. Identify each licensing system maintained and state what products, appropriately grouped, are covered.
Productos agrícolas y ganaderos. Ver Productos
Q3. The system applies to goods originating in and coming from which countries?
Q4. Is the licensing intended to restrict the quantity or value of imports, and if not, what are its purposes? Have alternative methods of accomplishing the purposes been considered and if so which? Why have they not been adopted?
No automático: Obtención de estadísticas comerciales o vigilancia del mercado, Administración de contingentes (incluidos los arancelarios).
Q5. Cite the law, regulation and/or administrative order under which the licensing is maintained. Is the licensing statutorily required? Does the legislation leave designation of products to be subjected to licensing to administrative discretion? Is it possible for the government (or the executive branch) to abolish the system without legislative approval?
Instructivo para la Obtención de Licencias No Automáticas de Importación de Productos bajo Control del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (Resolución No. 022-2022).
Procedures
Q6. For products under restriction as to the quantity or value of imports (whether applicable globally or to a limited number of countries or whether established bilaterally or unilaterally):
Q6.I. Is information published, and where, concerning allocation of quotas and formalities of filing applications for licences? If not, how is it brought to the attention of possible importers? Of governments and export promotion bodies of exporting countries and their trade representatives? Is the overall amount published? The amount allocated to goods from each country? The maximum amount allocated to each importer? How to request any exceptions or derogations from the licensing requirement?
Q6.II. How is the size of the quotas determined: on a yearly, six-monthly or quarterly basis? Are there cases where the size of quota is determined on a yearly basis but licences are issued for imports on a six-monthly or quarterly basis? In the latter case, is it necessary for importers to apply for fresh licence on a six-monthly or quarterly basis?
Q6.III. Are licences allotted for certain goods partly or only to domestic producers of like goods? What steps are taken to ensure that licences allocated are actually used for imports? Are unused allocations added to quotas for a succeeding period? Are the names of importers to whom licences have been allocated made known to governments and export promotion bodies of exporting countries upon request? If not, for what reason? (Indicate products to which replies relate.)
Q6.IV. From the time of announcing the opening of quotas, as indicated in I above, what is the period of time allowed for the submission of applications for licences?
La Licencia No Automática de Importación se concederá previo el embarque de las mercancías sobre la base de lo siguiente:
a) Se establecerán dos periodos de apertura para la recepción de las solicitudes, del 1 al 21 de diciembre y del 1 al 21 de junio de cada año. Las solicitudes serán recibidas por la Subsecretaría de Comercialización Agropecuaria del MAG.
b) La Subsecretaría de Comercialización Agropecuaria del MAG revisará las solicitudes considerando el historial de importaciones de los solicitantes de los últimos 3 años para asegurar que las mismas sean utilizadas en su integridad y evitar distorsiones de mercado por producto.
c) Las solicitudes aprobadas deberán ser nacionalizadas en el periodo establecido en la respectiva licencia de importación. Sin embargo, la utilización de la licencia de importación no podrá exceder del 31 de diciembre del año, en el que se otorgó la misma.
Q6.V. What are the minimum and maximum lengths of time for processing applications?
Para los procesos de las Licencias No Automáticas de Importación del año 2022, se receptarán las solicitudes desde el 1 al 21 de marzo de 2022.
La admisión de la Licencia se otorgará hasta el cuarto día, después de ingresar la solicitud electrónicamente mediante la Ventanilla Única de Comercio Exterior, siempre que la misma cumpla con los requisitos establecidos.
Q6.VI. How much time remains, at a minimum, between the granting of licences and the date of opening of the period of importation?
Q6.VII. Is consideration of licence applications effected by a single administrative organ? Or must the application be passed on to other organs for visa, note or approval? If so, which? Does the importer have to approach more than one administrative organ?
Q6.VIII. If the demand for licences cannot be fully satisfied, on what basis is the allocation to applicants made? First come, first served? Past performance? Is there a maximum amount to be allocated per applicant and, if so, on what basis is it determined? What provision is made for new importers? Are applications examined simultaneously or on receipt?
Q6.IX. In the case of bilateral quotas or export restraint arrangements where export permits are issued by exporting countries, are import licences also required? If so, are licences issued automatically?
Q6.X. In cases where imports are allowed on the basis of export permits only, how is the importing country informed of the effect given by the exporting countries to the understanding between the two countries?
Q6.XI. Are there products for which licences are issued on condition that goods should be exported and not sold in the domestic market?
Q7. Where there is no quantitative limit on importation of a product or on imports from a particular country:
Q7.a. How far in advance of importation must application for a licence be made? Can licences be obtained within a shorter time-limit or for goods arriving at the port without a licence (for example, owing to inadvertency)?
Q7.b. Can a licence be granted immediately on request?
Q7.c. Are there any limitations as to the period of the year during which application for licence and/or importation may be made? If so, explain.
Q7.d. Is consideration of licence applications effected by a single administrative organ? Or must the application be passed on to other organs for visa, note or approval? If so, which? Does the importer have to approach more than one administrative organ?
Q8. Under what circumstances may an application for a licence be refused other than failure to meet the ordinary criteria? Are the reasons for any refusal given to the applicant? Have applicants a right of appeal in the event of refusal to issue a licence and, if so, to what bodies and under what procedures?
Eligibility of Importers to Apply for Licence
Q9. Are all persons, firms and institutions eligible to apply for licences: (If not, is there a system of registration of persons or firms permitted to engage in importation? What persons or firms are eligible? Is there a registration fee? Is there a published list of authorized importers?) a) under restrictive licensing systems? b) under non-restrictive systems?
Para la obtención de la Licencia No Automática de Importación, las personas naturales o jurídicas deberán calificarse como importadores de productos agropecuarios.
Documentational and Other Requirements for Application for Licence
Q10. What information is required in applications? Submit a sample form. What documents is the importer required to supply with the application?
Q11. What documents are required upon actual importation?
Q12. Is there any licensing fee or administrative charge? If so, what is the amount of the fee or charge?
Q13. Is there any deposit or advance payment requirement associated with the issue of licences? If so, state the amount or rate, whether it is refundable, the period of retention and the purpose of the requirement.
Conditions of Licensing
Q14. What is the period of validity of a licence? Can the validity of a licence be extended? How?
La Licencia No Automática de Importación, tendrá un plazo de vigencia de 180 días a partir de la fecha de expedición y serán autorizados para un solo envío o embarque, siendo el plazo ordinario 90 días y 90 días adicionales como plazo extraordinario.