G/TBT/N/ECU/426  
16 May 2019 
(19-3407) 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)  
Address : 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  
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) : 
1701.13.00.00 -- Cane sugar specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter ; 
1701.14.00.00 -- Other cane sugar ; - Other (HS 17019) ; Beet sugar (HS 170112)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 160 (1R) "Etiquetado 
de azúcar" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 
160 "Labelling for sugar") (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
labellin g requirements to be met by all forms of white, refined and raw (brown) sugar, 
prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecti ng 
human safety and health, and preventing misleading practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to all forms of the following products : White 
sugar, refined sugar, raw (brown) sugar.  
It does not apply to : Sugar intended for use as a raw material  for industries that are in 
compliance with Interministerial Decision No. 14 308 of 1 8 December 2 014, issued by the G/TBT/N/ECU/426  
- 2 - 
  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries (MAGAP) and the Ministry of 
Industry and Productivity (MIPRO), and the Regulat ion governing the operation of the 
mechanism for the importation of white sugar for the confectionery and chocolate 
industries of Ecuador, issued pursuant to Resolution No. 658 of 3 1 December 2 014. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgen t 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.- ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes - 
Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot 
inspection;  
2.- ISO/IEC 17020:2012, Conformity assessment -- Requirements for the operation of 
various t ypes of bodies performing inspection;  
3.- ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of conformity 
- Part 1 : General requirements;  
4.- ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product certification 
and guideline s for product certification schemes;  
5.- CODEX STAN 212 -1999:2001, Codex Standard for Sugars;  
6.- Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 258 (2R):2018, Azúcar crudo . Requisitos;  
7.- Ecuadorian Technical Standard  NTE INEN 259 (2R):2017, Azúcar blanco . Requisitos; 
8.- Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 260 (2R):2018, Azúcar refinado . Requisitos ; 
9.- Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation RTE INEN 022 (2R):2014 + 
corrigendo 1:2015, Rotulado de productos alimenticios procesados, envasados y 
empaquetados . 
Notification history:  
1.- G/TBT/N/ECU/328  
2.- G/TBT/N/ECU/328/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  (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 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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