G/TBT/N/ECU/348/Rev.1  
30 October  2019 
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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) : - Other 
articles : (HS 68159) ; Tableware kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, 
of porcelain or china (HS 6911) ; Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other h ousehold articles 
and toilet articles, other than of porcelain or china (HS 6912), Materials and articles in 
contact with foodstuffs ( ICS 67 .250)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamen to Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 010  (1R) "Vajillas 
cerámicas destinadas a estar en contacto con alimentos"  (Draft first revision (1R) of 
Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 010 "Ceramic tableware intended to come 
into contact with food") (12 pag es, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/348/Rev.1  
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  6. Description of content : The notified 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 protecting human health 
and safety, and preventing deceptive practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products:  
•  Glass ceramic, semi -glass ceramic and non -glass ceramic tableware intended to be 
in contact with food.  
It does not apply to:  
•  Ceramic products classed as decorations or ornaments and handicrafts;  
•  Ceramic tableware classed as toys, which must comply with Ecuadorian Technical 
Regula tion RTE INEN No. 089 "Toy safety", which is currently in force.  
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 : Regulatory references:  
1.  ISO Standard 2859 -1:1999 Amd 1:2011, Attribute Inspection Sampling 
Procedures. - Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) 
for lot -by-lot inspecti on; ISO 6486 -1:1999, Ceramic ware, glass -ceramic ware and 
glass dinnerware in contact with food - Release of lead and cadmium - Part 1 : Test 
method;  
2.  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;  
3.  ISO/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
4.  ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity ass essment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
5.  ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
6.  Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 1795 (1R):2005 . Confirmación : 2014-11-
18, Productos cerámicos . Vajilla. Definiciones y clasificación.  
Traceability:  
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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  G/TBT/N/ECU/348/Rev.1  
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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  (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@producc ion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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