G/TBT/N/ECU/467  
5 June 2019 
(19-3870) 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) : 
7013.22.00.00 Of lead crystal ; 7013.28.00.00 Other ; 7013.33.00.00 Of lead crystal ; 
7013.37.00.00 Other ; 7013.41.00.00 Of lead crystal ; 7013.42.00.00 Of glass having a 
linear coefficient of expansion not exceeding 5 x 10 -6 per Kelvin within a temperature 
range of 0 °C to 300 °C ; 7013.49.00.00 Other ; Other (HS 701090) ; Of glass -ceramics 
(HS 701310)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 200  (2R) "Vajillas de 
vidrio, de vitrocerámica y recipientes de vidrio en contacto con alimentos" (Draft second 
revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 200 "Tableware and 
kitchenware of glass and glass -ceramics and glass container s that are in contact with 
foodstuffs") (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by tableware and kitchenware of glass and glass -ceramics and 
glass containers that are in contact with foodstuffs, prior to the marketing of domestic 
and imported products, with the aim of protecting human health and safety.  G/TBT/N/ECU/467  
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  It applies to the following products:  
• Tableware and kitchenware of glass and glass -ceramics and gl ass containers that 
are used for preparing, cooking, serving and storing food, and for drinking liquids . 
The materials used may be transparent or translucent, coloured or opaque.  
It does not apply to:  
• Glassware used in the food and beverage production indu stry; 
• Glassware in which food and beverages are marketed.  
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 quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-
lot inspection;  
2. ISO 6486-1:1999, Ceramic ware, glass -ceramic ware and glass dinnerware in 
contact with food - Release of lead and cadmium - Part 1 : Test method;  
3. ISO 6486 -2:1999, Ceramic ware, glass -ceramic ware and glass dinnerware in 
contact with food -- Release of lead and cadmium -- Part 2 : Permissible limits;  
4. ISO 7086 -1:2000, Glass hollowware in contact with food -- Release of lead and 
cadmium -- Part 1 : Test method;  
5. ISO 7086 -2:2000, Glass hollowware in contact with food -- Release of lead and 
cadmium -- Part 2 : Permissibl e limits;  
6. ISO/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
7. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
8. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity  assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/230  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/230/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/230/Add.2  
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  G/TBT/N/ECU/467  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addre sses, 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  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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