G/TBT/N/ECU/391  
26 April 2019  
(19-2868) 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: 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) : Vinegar 
and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid (HS 2209) ; Tomato ketchup and 
other tomato sauces (HS 210320) ; Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard 
(HS 210330)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 082 (1R) "Salsas, 
aderezos y vinagres" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE 
INEN No. 082 "Sauces, dressings and vinegars") (8 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by sauces, dressings and vinegars, prior to the marketing of 
domestic and imported products, with the aim o f protecting human health and preventing 
deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products : tomato purée, tomato paste, ketchup, ketchup 
dressing, mustard, mayonnaise, vinegar.  G/TBT/N/ECU/391  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems wh ere 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
Normative references:  
1. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1025 (1R):2013,  Concentrad o de 
tomate . Requisitos.  
2. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1026 (3R):2017,  Salsa de tomate . 
Requisitos.  
3. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2294 (1R):2010,  Mostaza Requisitos.  
4. Ecuadorian Technical Standard  NTE INEN 2295 (1R):2010,  Mayonesa . Requisitos.  
5. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2296 (1R):2013,  Vinagre . Requisitos.  
6. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2525:2010,  Aderezo de salsa de 
tomate . Requisitos.  
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN -CODEX 192:2016, Norma general para 
los aditivos alimentarios (CODEX STAN 192 -1995, IDT) . 
8. CODEX STAN 193 -1995:2018, General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in 
Food and Feed.  
9. Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN 022 (2R):2014 + corrigendo 1:2015 
"Rotulado de productos alimenticios procesa dos, envasados y empaquetados" . 
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/100  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/100/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/100/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/100/Add.3  
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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