G/TBT/N/ECU/503  
21 April 2021 
(21-3420) Page: 1/2 
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:  
Ciudadela Samanes, Av . Francisco de Orellana y Av . Paseo del Parque, Bloque 5  
Guayaquil - Ecuador  
Tel.: (+593 -4) 3727 440  
Website: www.controlsanitario.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:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producció n, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontacto -otcecu@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoecu@gmail.com  
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
Website: www.produccion.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 may be provided in addition, where applicable) : The 
notified text seeks to regulate the issuance, amendment, renewal, suspension and 
cancellation of sanitary certificates for domestic and foreign pesticides for household, 
industrial and public heal th use, and the conditions under which the control and 
surveillance of these products are carried out . The notified text is is binding for all natural 
and legal persons responsible for the manufacture, importation, exportation, storage, 
distribution and ma rketing of chemical and biological pesticides for domestic, industrial 
and public health use, which are marketed throughout the national territory.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto 
Normativa Técnica Sanitaria Sustitutiva para la obtención de la notificación sanitaria, 
control y vigilancia de plaguicidas de uso doméstico, industrial y en salud pública  (Draft 
Substitute Sanitary Technical Regulation for the issuance of sanitary certificates for, and 
the control and surveillance of pesticides for domestic, industrial and public health use) 
(47 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/503  
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  6. Description of content : The notified text seeks to regulate the issuance, amendment, 
renewal, suspension and cancellation of sanitary certifi cates for domestic and foreign 
pesticides for household, industrial and public health use, and the conditions under which 
the control and surveillance of these products are carried out.  
The notified text is is binding for all natural and legal persons resp onsible for the 
manufacture, importation, exportation, storage, distribution and marketing of chemical 
and biological pesticides for domestic, industrial and public health use, which are 
marketed throughout the national territory.  
7. Objective and rationa le, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety ; Protection of the 
environment.  
8. Relevant documents:  
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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  
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 , MPCE IP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontacto -otcecu@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoecu@gmail.com  
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
www.controlsanitario.gob.ec  
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