G/TBT/N/ECU/390/Rev.1  
30 October  2019 
(19-7246) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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:  
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: 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) : 090421 
Dried, neither crushed nor ground ; 090422 Crushed or ground ; 090510 Neither crushed 
nor ground ; 090520 Crushed or ground ; 090611 Cinnamon ( Cinnamomum zeyl anicum 
Blume ); 090619 Other ; 090710 Neither crushed nor ground ; 090720 Crushed or ground ; 
090811 Neither crushed nor ground ; 090812 Crushed or ground ; 090821 Neither crushed 
nor ground ; 090822 Crushed or ground ; 090831 Neither crushed nor ground ; 090832 
Crushed or ground ; 090921 Neither crushed nor ground ; 090922 Crushed or ground ; 
090931 Neither crushed nor ground ; 090932 Crushed or ground ; 090961 Neither crushed 
nor ground ; 090962 Crushed or ground ; 091011 Neither crushed nor ground ; 091012 
Crushed or gro und; 091091 Mixtures referred to in Note 1 (b) to this Chapter ; Celery other 
than celeriac (HS 070940) ; Other vegetables ; mixtures of vegetables (HS 071290) ; Pepper 
(HS 09041) ; Crushed or ground (HS 090620) ; Saffron (HS 091020) ; Turmeric (curcuma) 
(HS 091030) ; Other (HS 091099) ; Other (HS 121190) ; Mustard flour and meal and 
prepared mustard (HS 210330) ; Other (HS 210390) ; Spices and condiments ( ICS 
67.220.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de G/TBT/N/ECU/390/Rev.1  
- 2 - 
  Segunda Revisi ón del RTE I NEN 079  "Especias y condimentos"  (Draft second revision of 
Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN No. 079 "Spices and condiments") (10 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the  
requirements to be met by spices and condiments, 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 : Spices and condiments.  
7. Objecti ve 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 : Regulatory references:  
1.  Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 2532 :2010 + corrigendo : 2014, Especias 
y condimentos . Requisitos ; 
2.  CODEX S TAN 192 -1995: 2018, General Standard for Food Additives;  
3.  CODEX S TAN 193 -195:2018, General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in 
Food and Feed;  
4.  Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE I NEN 022  (2R):2014 + corrigendo 1:2015 
"Rotulado de productos alimenticios procesados, envasados y empaquetados" . 
Notification history:  
G/TBT/N/ECU/390  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 30 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : 6 months from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 30 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, Fore ign 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  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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