G/TBT/N/ECU/486/Rev.1  
4 January  2021 
(21-0068) 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 Perei ra, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail. com 
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
Website : www.produccion.g ob.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) : Chocolate 
and other food preparations containing cocoa (HS 18.06)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 106  (1R) "Chocolate, 
productos de chocolate y sucedaneos de chocola te" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian 
Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 106: Chocolate, chocolate products and chocolate 
substitutes) (6 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/486/Rev.1  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by chocolate, chocolate products and chocolate substitutes 
destined for human consumption, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported 
products, with the aim of protecting human health and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
Chocolate types (composition):  
• Chocolate  
• chocolate a la taza  
• sweet chocolate  
• chocolate familiar a la taza  
• couverture chocolate  
• milk chocolate  
• family milk chocolate  
• milk chocolate couverture  
• other chocolate products  
o white chocolate  
o gianduja chocolate  
o gianduja milk chocolate  
o chocolate para mesa  
o semi-bitter chocolate para mesa  
o bitter chocolate para mesa  
Chocolate types (form):  
• Chocolate vermicelli and chocolate flakes  
• milk chocolate vermicelli/milk chocolate flakes  
• filled chocolate  
• a chocolate or praline  
Chocolate substitutes  
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. CODEX S TAN 87 -1981: Adopted in 1981 . Revision : 2003. Amendment : 2016. 
Standard for Chocolate and Chocolate Products;  
2. CODEX S TAN 193 -1995: Revised in 2009 . Amended in 2018 : Codex General 
Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed;  
3. CODEX S TAN 192 -1995: 2018. General Standard for Food Additives;  
4. Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE I NEN 022  (2R):2014 + corrigendum 
1:2015 " Rotulado de productos alimenticios procesados, envasados y 
empaquetados "; 
5. Colombian Technical Standard NTC 792 :2008 : Chocolate and its substitutes for 
direct consumption.  
Notification history:  G/TBT/N/ECU/486/Rev.1  
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9. Proposed date of adoption : 30 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 30 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  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisher ies) 
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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