G/TBT/N/ECU/348/Rev.3  
7 April 2021 
(21-2904) Page: 1/3 
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:  
puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoECU @gmail.com  
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchezc@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) : Other 
articles (HS 68159) ; Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, 
of porcelain or china (other than baths, bide ts, sinks and similar fixtures ; statuettes and 
other ornamental articles ; pots, jars, carboys and similar receptacles for the conveyance 
or packing of goods ; and coffee grinders and spice mills with receptacles made of ceramics 
and working parts of metal) (HS 6911) ; Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household 
articles and toilet articles, other than of porcelain or china (HS 6912)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecu atoriano PRTE I NEN 010  (2R) "Vajillas 
cerámicas destinadas a estar en contacto con alimentos"  (Draft second revision (2R) of 
Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 010: "Ceramic tableware intended to 
come into contact with food") (11 pages, in Spani sh) G/TBT/N/ECU/348/Rev.3  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by ceramic tableware intended to come into contact with food, 
prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of prot ecting 
human health and safety, and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
Glass ceramic, semi -glass ceramic and non -glass ceramic tableware intended to be in 
contact with food.  
The Technical Regulation does not apply to:  
• Ceramic products classed as decorations or ornaments, toilet articles and 
handicrafts;  
• Ceramic tableware classed as toys, which must comply with Ecuadorian 
Technical Regulation RTE INEN No. 089 "Toy safety", which is currently in force.  
7. Objective and r ationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection  
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 6486 -1:2019, Ceramic ware, glass -ceramic ware and glass dinnerware in 
contact with food - Release of lead and cadmium - Part 1 : Test method.  
3. ISO 6486 -2:1999, Ceramic ware, glass -ceramic ware and glass dinnerware in 
contact with food - Release of lead and cadmium - Part 2 : Permissible limits.  
4. ISO/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the co mpetence of testing and 
calibration laboratories.  
5. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements.  
6.  ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard (NTE) INEN No. 1795(1R):2005 (confirmed 1 8 
November 2 014), Productos cerámicos . Vajilla. Definiciones y clasificación.  
Notification histo ry: 
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/348  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/348/Rev.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/348/Rev.1/Add.1  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/348/Rev.2  
9. Proposed date of adoption 60 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/348/Rev.3  
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  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)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoECU@gmail.com  
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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