G/TBT/N/ECU/453  
28 May 2019  
(19-3679) 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:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960 to 90  
Website: http://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:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
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.c om 
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
Website: http://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 may  be provided in addition, where applicable) : Desiccated 
(HS 080111) ; Dates (HS 080410) ; Apricots (HS 081310)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 221 (1R) "Frutos secos"  
(Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN 221 : "Dried fruit 
and nuts") (7 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by dried fru it and nuts, 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:  
1. Dried apr icots 
2. Dates  G/TBT/N/ECU/453  
- 2 - 
  3. Desiccated coconut  
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 documents:  
Normative references:  
1. CODEX STAN 193 -1995, r evised 2009, amended 2018 : Codex General Standard 
for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed.  
2. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN -CODEX 192 : 2016, Norma general 
para los aditivos alimentarios  (CODEX STAN 192 -1995, IDT) . 
3. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2767:2013, Norma para los 
albaricoques secos (CODEX STAN 130 -1981, MOD) . 
4. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2772:2013, Norma para los dátiles  
(CODEX STAN 143 -1985, MOD) . 
5. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2787 :2013, Norma para el coco 
rallado desecado  (CODEX STAN 177 -1991, MOD) . 
6. Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN 022 (2R):2014 + corrigendum 
1:2015, Rotulado de productos alimenticios procesados, envasados y 
empaquetados . 
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/221  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/221/Add.1  
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  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y  Pesca (MPCEIP)  
Av. Amazonas entre Unión 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  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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