G/TBT/N/ECU/507  
22 June 2021 
(21-5098) 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 Producció n, 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.producci on.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) : Draft 
Amendment to the Sanitary Technical Regulation on the issuance of sanitary certificates 
and the control of food supplements and establishments that manufacture, store, 
distribute, import or market such products, contained in Resolution ARCSA -DE-028-2016-
YMIH G/TBT/N/ECU/507  
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  5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Reforma a la Normativa Técnica Sanitaria para la obtención de la notificación sanitaria y 
control de suplementos alimenticios de los establecimientos en donde se fabrican, 
almacenan, distribuyen, importan y comercializan contenida en la Resolución ARCSA -DE-
028-2016-YMIH (Draft Amendment to the Sanitary Technical Regulation on the issuance 
of sanitary certificates and the control of food supplements and establishmen ts that 
manufacture, store, distribute, import or market such products, contained in Resolution 
ARCSA -DE-028-2016-YMIH) (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : Draft Amendment to the Sanitary Technical Regulation on the 
issuance of sanitary certi ficates and the control of food supplements and establishments 
that manufacture, store, distribute, import or market such products, contained in 
Resolution ARCSA -DE-028-2016-YMIH.  
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 : - 
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 av ailable, 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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