G/TBT/N/ECU/370  
17 April 2019 
(19-2563) 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 A lfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email: puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; 
puntocontactoOT CECU@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) : Other 
prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood (HS 1602) ; (ICS: 67.120.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Tercera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoria no PRTE INEN 056 (3R) "Productos 
Cárnicos"  (Draft third revision (3R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical 
Regulation PRTE INEN No. 056 "Meat products") (8 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by meat products, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, 
with the aim of protecting human health and preventing misleading practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following produ cts: 
1. Raw meat products, cured/matured meat products, and cooked/pre -cooked meat 
products and preformed meat products;  
2. Preserved meat.  
The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to:  
1. Fish products, raw shellfish and crustaceans, and substitute s of meat products.  G/TBT/N/ECU/370  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information ; labelling ; prevention of misleading practices ; 
consumer protection ; protection of human health and safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory references:  
1. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1336 (1R):2010, Carne y productos 
cárnicos . Conservas de carne . Requisitos ; 
2. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1338 (3R):2012 + enmienda : 2016, 
Carne y productos cárnicos . Productos cárnicos crudos, productos cárnicos curados - 
madurados y productos cárnicos precocidos - cocidos . Requisitos ; 
3. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN -CODEX 192 : 2016, Norma general para 
los aditivos alimentarios (CODEX STAN 192 -1995, IDT) ; 
4. CODEX STAN 193 -1995:2018, General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in 
Food and Feed;  
5. Codex Alimentarius Commission - Maximum Residue Limits (CAC/MRL) 2 : 2018, 
Maximum residue limits (MRLs) and risk management recommendations (RMRs) for 
residues of ve terinary drugs in foods;  
6. Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation RTE INEN 022 (2R):2014 
+ corrigendo 1:2015, Rotulado de productos alimenticios procesados, envasados y 
empaquetados . 
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/69  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/69/Add .1 
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/69/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/69/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/69/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/69/Add.5  
7. G/TBT/N/ECU/69/Add.6  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 165 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of 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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