G/TBT/N/ECU/371  
17 April 2019 
(19-2564) 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:  
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 ; 
puntocontactoO TCECU@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) : Soups and 
broths and preparations therefor ; homogenised composite food preparations (HS 2104) ; 
(ICS: 67.230)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 063 (1R) "Caldos, 
consomés, sopas y cremas" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 063 "Broths, consommés, soups and 
creams") (7 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by mixtures for the preparation of broths, consommés, soups and creams, and 
broths, consommés, soups and creams ready for consumption, prior to the marketin g 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:  
1. Mixtures for the preparation of broths, consommés, soups and creams;  
2. Broths, consommés, soups and creams ready for consumption.  G/TBT/N/ECU/371  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information ; labelling ; prevention of misleading practices ; 
consumer protection ; protection of huma n health and safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory references:  
1. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2602 (1R):2019, Mezclas para preparar 
caldos, consomés, sopas y cremas . Requisitos ; 
2. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN -CODEX 192:2016, Norma general para 
los aditivos alimentarios (CODEX STAN 192 -1995, IDT) ; 
3. Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation RTE INEN 022 (2R):2014 
+ corrigendo 1:2015 "Rotulado de productos alimenticios procesados, envasados y 
empaquetados".  
TRAC EABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/79  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/79/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/79/Add.2  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 165 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from 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 ; 
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; aramon@produccion.gob.ec ; 
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec ; 
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