G/TBT/N/ECU/390  
26 April 2019  
(19-2867) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : ECUADOR  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2  and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960 to 90  
Website: www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecret aría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso P ereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
Website: www.industrias.gob.ec  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers m ay be provided in addition, where applicable) : 090421 
Dried, neither crushed nor ground ; 090422 Crushed or ground ; 090510 Neither crushed 
nor ground ; 090520 Crushed or ground ; 090611 Cinnamon ( Cinnamomum zeylanicum 
Blume ); 090619 Other ; 090710 Neither crushed nor ground ; 090720 Crushed or ground ; 
090811 Neither crushed nor ground ; 090812 Crushed or ground ; 090821 Neither crushed 
nor ground ; 090822 Crushed or ground ; 090831 Neither crushed nor ground ; 090832 
Crushed or ground ; 090921 Neither crushed nor ground ; 090922 Crushed or ground ; 
090931 Neither crushed nor ground ; 090932 Crushed or ground ; 090961 Neither crushed 
nor ground ; 090962 Crushed or ground ; 091011 Neither crushed nor ground ; 091012 
Crushed or ground ; 091091 Mixtures referred to in Note 1 (b) to this Chapter ; Other (HS 
121190) ; Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard (HS 210330) ; Other (HS 
210390) ; Pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus 
Capsicum  or of the genus Pimenta  (HS 0904) ; Vanilla (HS 0905) ; Cinnamon and 
cinnamon -tree flowers (HS 0906) ; Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems) (HS 0907) ; 
Nutmeg, mace and cardamoms (HS 0908) ; Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, 
cumin or caraway ; juniper berries (HS 0909) ; Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), G/TBT/N/ECU/390  
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  thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices (HS 0910) ; Celery other than celeriac (HS 
070940) ; Other vegetables ; mixtures of vegetables (HS 071290)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 079 (2R) "Especias y 
condimentos"  (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN 
No. 079 "Spices and condiments") (10 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by spices and condiments, prior to the marketing of domestic and 
imported products, with the aim of protecting human health and preventing deceptive 
practices.  
It applies to the following products : spices and condiments.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant do cuments:  
Normative references:  
1. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2532:2010 + corrigendo : 2014, 
Especias y condimentos . Requisitos.  
2. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN -CODEX 192:2016, Norma general para 
los aditivos alimentarios (CODEX STAN 192 -1995, IDT) . 
3. CODEX STAN 193 -1995:2018, General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in 
Food and Feed.  
4. Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN 022 (2R):2014 + corrigendo 1:2015 
"Rotulado de productos alimenticios procesados, envasados y empaquetados" . 
Traceability:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/93  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/93/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/93/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/93/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/93/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/93/Add.5  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/390  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre U nión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
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