G/TBT/N/ECU/383  
24 April 2019 
(19-2760) 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: http://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  
puntocontactoOT CECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
Website: http://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, where applicable) : Waters, 
including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added 
sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured ; ice and snow (HS 2201)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) o f the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 055 (2R) "Aguas 
Minerales y Aguas Purificadas"  (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 055 "Mineral water and purified water") (10 
pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by mineral water and purified water, prior to the marketing of domestic and 
imported products, with  the aim of protecting human health and preventing misleading 
practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products:  G/TBT/N/ECU/383  
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  • Natural mineral water:  
o Natural carbonated mineral water;  
o Natural non -carbonated mineral water;  
o Natural mineral water fortified with gas from the spring;  
o Natural mineral water with added carbon dioxide;  
o Natural decarbonated mineral water;  
• Mineral water not packaged at the source;  
o Non-carbonated mineral water;  
o Mineral water with added carbon dioxide;  
o Decarbonated min eral water.  
o Packaged purified water:  
o Packaged purified water;  
o Packaged purified mineral water.  
The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to:  
• Drinking water;  
• Purified water for pharmaceutical use.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information ; labelling ; prevention of misleading practices ; 
consumer protection ; protection of human health and safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory references:  
1. CODEX STAN 108 -1981, adopted 1981 . Amendments 2001 and 2011, revisions 
1997 and 2008, Standard for natural mineral waters. 2. - CODEX STAN 227 -2001. 
Last amendment 2001, General standard for bottled/packaged drinking waters. 
3. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2178 (1R):2011, Aguas minerales . 
Aguas minerales naturales . Requisitos ; 
2. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2179 (1R):2011, Aguas minerales . Agua 
mineral no envasada en la fuente . Requisitos ; 
3. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2200 (2R):2017, Agua purificada 
envasada . Requisitos ; 
4. Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation RTE INEN 022 
(2R):2014 + corrigendo 1:2015, Rotulado de productos alimenticios procesados, 
envasados y empaquetados ; 
5. World Health Organization (WHO), (2018) . Guidelines for  drinking -water quality:  
fourth edition incorporating first addendum,  4th ed + 1st add . World Health 
Organization (WHO), http://www.who.int/iris/handle/10665/272403 . Licence : 
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.  
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/68  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/68/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/68/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/68/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/68/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/68/Add.5  G/TBT/N/ECU/383  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : 165 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of 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  (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  
puntocontactoOT CECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
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