G/TBT/N/ECU/473  
6 June 2019 
(19-3918) Page: 1/3 
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:  
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 Qua lity) 
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.industrias.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, wher e applicable) : Soap, 
organic surface -active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded 
pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or 
covered with soap or detergent (HS 34011) ; Soap in other forms (HS 3 40120) ; 
Preparations put up for retail sale (HS 340220) ; Other (HS 340290)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 088  (1R) "Detergentes 
y jabones"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 
088 "Detergents and soaps") (12 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements concerning the maximum levels of phosphorus and minimum percentage of 
ultimate aerobic biodegradability to be met by surface tension agents found in detergents 
and soaps intended for household or industrial use, prior to the marketing of domestic 
and imported products, w ith the aim of protecting the environment and preventing 
deceptive practices.  
 
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  It applies to the following products for household or industrial use:  
• detergents  
• soaps 
It does not apply to:  
• products which claim to have cosmetic properties and a therapeutic purpose  
• products for veterinary use  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of the environment.  
8. Releva nt documents:  
Normative references:  
1. ISO 6107 - 3:1993, Water quality -- Vocabulary -- Part 3  
2. ISO 6107 - 4:1993, Water quality -- Vocabulary -- Part 4  
3. ISO 862 :1984, Surface active agents -- Vocabulary  
4. 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  
5. ISO 6878 :2004, Water quality -- Determination of phosphorus -- Ammonium 
molybdate spectrometr ic method  
6. ISO 7827 :2010, Water quality -- Evaluation of the "ready", "ultimate" aerobic 
biodegradability of organic compounds in an aqueous medium -- Method by 
analysis of dissolved organic carbon (DOC)  
7. ISO 9408 :1999, Water quality -- Evaluation of ultimat e aerobic biodegradability 
of organic compounds in aqueous medium by determination of oxygen demand 
in a closed respirometer  
8. ISO 9439 :1999, Water quality -- Evaluation of ultimate aerobic biodegradability 
of organic compounds in aqueous medium -- Carbon di oxide evolution test  
9. ISO 10707 :1994, Water quality -- Evaluation in an aqueous medium of the 
"ultimate" aerobic biodegradability of organic compounds -- Method by analysis 
of biochemical oxygen demand (closed bottle test)  
10. ISO 14593 :1999, Water quality -- Evaluation of ultimate aerobic biodegradability 
of organic compounds in aqueous medium -- Method by analysis of inorganic 
carbon in sealed vessels (CO2 headspace test)  
11. ISO/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration la boratories  
12. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment -- Supplier's declaration of 
conformity -- Part 1 : General requirements  
13. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment  -- Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes  
14. Andean Community Decision No. 706: Harmonization of legislation on domestic 
hygiene products and absorbent personal hygiene products  
15. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 830 :2017, Agentes tensoactivos . 
Determinación de fosfatos . 
16. ASTM D820 -93(2016), Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Soaps 
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  17. Resolution No. A RCSA -DE-018-2018-JCGO, Notificación Sanitaria y control de 
productos hig iénicos uso industrial  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/106  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/106/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/106/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/106/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/106/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/106/Add.5  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days fro m 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:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
aramon@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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