G/TBT/N/ECU/502  
8 April 2021 
(21-2909) 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:  
Ciudadela Samanes, Av . Francisco de Orellana y Av . Paseo del Parque, Bloque 5  
Guayaquil - Ecuador  
Tel.: (+593 -4) 3727 440  
Website: www.controlsanitario.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) : The 
notified Sanitary Technical Regulation establishes the internal procedure for the 
application of the Andean Decisions on obtaining the mandatory sanitary notification 
(NSO) . It also establishes the procedure for recognition and renewal requests and 
requests to change information and to use an existing NSO code (parallel importer, only 
applicable to cosmetics) ; for obtaining authorization for samples with no commercial 
purpose ; for voluntarily obtaining a certificate of good manufacturing practices ; for 
obtaining a certificate of free sale or export certificate ; for obtaining an operating permit ; 
and for donating cosmetics, do mestic hygiene products and absorbent personal hygiene 
products in emergency situations . The provisions contained in this Technical Regulation 
apply to all national or foreign natural or legal persons located in national territory that 
manufacture, store, package, pack, arrange, assemble, sell, import, export, distribute or 
market cosmetics, domestic hygiene products and absorbent personal hygiene products.  G/TBT/N/ECU/502  
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  5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Reforma a la Resoluc ión ARCSA -DE-006-2017-CFMR Normativa Técnica Sanitaria para 
productos cosméticos, productos de higiene doméstica, productos absorbentes de higiene 
personal  (Draft Amendment to Resolution ARCSA -DE-006-2017-CFMR : Sanitary Technical 
Regulation on cosmetics, d omestic hygiene products and absorbent personal hygiene 
products) (34 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Sanitary Technical Regulation establishes the 
internal procedure for the application  of the Andean Decisions on obtaining the mandatory 
sanitary notification (NSO) . It also establishes the procedure for recognition and renewal 
requests and requests to change information and to use an existing NSO code (parallel 
importer, only applicable to cosmetics) ; for obtaining authorization for samples with no 
commercial purpose ; for voluntarily obtaining a certificate of good manufacturing 
practices ; for obtaining a certificate of free sale or export certificate ; for obtaining an 
operating permit ; and for donating cosmetics, domestic hygiene products and absorbent 
personal hygiene products in emergency situations.  
The provisions contained in th is Technical Regulation apply to all national or foreign 
natural or legal persons located in national territory that manufacture, store, package, 
pack, arrange, assemble, sell, import, export, distribute or market cosmetics, domestic 
hygiene products and abs orbent personal hygiene products.  
7. Objective 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:  
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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  
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.controlsanitario.gob.ec  
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