G/TBT/N/ECU/521  
30 August  2023 
(23-5819) 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:  
Agencia Nacional de Regulacion, Control y Vigilancia Sanitaria,  ARCSA (National Agency 
for Sanitary Regulation, Control and Surveillance)  
Ciudadela Samanes, Av . Francisco de Orellana y Av . Paseo del Parque . Bloque 5, 
Guayaquil - Ecuador  
Tel.: (+593 -4) 3727 440  
Website: https://www.controlsanitario.gob.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of age ncy 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 (Ministr y 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 or 2272  
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; 
puntocontactoECU@gmail.com ; 
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec ; 
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; 
Website : www.produccion.gob.ec  
3. Notifi ed under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : By means 
of this notifi cation, the Republic of Ecuador advises that Sanitary Technical Regulations 
for the control and surveillance of tobacco establishments and products marketed at the 
domestic level have been issued pursuant to Resolution No. A RCSA -DE-2023-017-AKRG 
of 31 May 2023 of the National Agency for Sanitary Regulation, Control and Surveillance 
(ARCSA, Doctor Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez).  
The notified Sanitary Technical Regulations will enter into force on the date of their 
signature.  
The purpose of the Regulations is to establish guidelines for the control and surveillance 
of tobacco products and establishments that manufacture, import, distribute, market and 
sell tobacco products.  G/TBT/N/ECU/521  
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  5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Normativa 
Técnica Sanitaria para el control y vigilancia de los establecimientos y productos de tabaco 
comercializados a nivel nacional  (Sanitary Technical Regulations for the control and 
surveillance of tobacco establishments and products market ed at the domestic level) (13 
page(s), in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Sanitary Regulations establish guidelines 
for the control and surveillance of tobacco products and establishments that manufacture, 
import, distribute, ma rket and sell tobacco products.  
The notified Sanitary Technical Regulations are binding on all natural and legal persons, 
whether domestic or foreign, that are involved in the manufacture, storage, importation, 
distribution, marketing and sale of tobacco p roducts subject to sanitary control and 
surveillance throughout the national territory ; they also set out the penalties for non -
compliance with sanitary authorizations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection ; Protection of 
human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 31 May 2 023 
Proposed date of entry into force : 31 May 2 023 
10. Final date for comments : Not applicable  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] 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 Qual ity) 
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 or 2272  
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoECU@gmail.com  
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
www.co ntrolsanitario.gob.ec  
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