G/TBT/N/ECU/426/Rev.1  
28 October  2019 
(19-7119) Page: 1/3 
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.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) : 1701.13 
-- Cane sugar specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter ; 1701.14 -- Other cane 
sugar ; -- Beet sugar (HS 170112) ; - Other : (HS 17019)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 160 (1R) "Etiquetado 
de azúcar" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 
160 "Labelling for sugar") (9 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/426/Rev.1  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
labelling requirements to be met by all forms of white, refined and raw (brown) sugar, 
prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting 
human safety and health, and preventing deceptive practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to all forms of the following products:  
• White sugar,  
• Refined sugar,  
• Raw (brown) sugar.  
It does not apply to:  
• Sugar intended for use as a raw material for industries that are in compliance 
with Interministerial Decision No. 14 308 of 1 8 December 2 014, issued by the 
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries (MAGAP) and the 
Ministry of Industry and Productivity (MIPRO), and the Regulation governing the 
operation of the mechanism for the importation of white sugar for the 
confectionery and chocolate industries of Ecuador, issued pursuant to Resolution 
No. 658 of 3 1 December 2 014. 
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 : Normative references:  
1. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes 
- Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance q uality limit (AQL) for lot -by-
lot inspection ; ISO/IEC 17020 :2012, Conformity assessment - Requirements for 
the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection;  
2. ISO/IEC 17020 :2012, Conformity assessment - Requirements for the operation 
of various types of bodies performing inspection;  
3. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
4. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of  product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
5. CODEX S TAN 212 -1999:2019, Codex Standard for Sugars;  
6. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 258  (2R):2018,  Azúcar crudo . 
Requisitos ; 
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 259  (2R):20 17, Azúcar blanco . 
Requisitos ; 
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 260  (2R):2018,  Azúcar refinado . 
Requisitos ; 
9. Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE I NEN 022  (2R):2014 + corrigendum 1:2015, 
Rotulado de productos alimenticios procesados, envasados y empaquetados . 
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/426  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 30 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 30 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/426/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 Qu ality) 
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  
www.normalizacion .gob.ec  
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