G/TBT/N/ECU/348/Rev.2  
8 July 2020 
(20-4675) 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: puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
Website: www.produccion.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) : Articles of 
stone or of other mineral substances, not elsewhere specified or included, containing 
magnesite, dolomite or chromite (HS 681591) ; Articles of stone or of other mineral 
substances, not elsewhere specified or included (other than th ose containing magnesite, 
dolomite or chromite, and articles of graphite or other carbon) (HS 681599) ; Tableware 
and kitchenware, of porcelain or china (other than ornamental articles ; pots, jars, carboys 
and similar receptacles for the conveyance or packi ng of goods ; and coffee grinders and 
spice mills with receptacles made of ceramics and working parts of metal) (HS 691110) ; 
Household articles and toilet articles, of porcelain or china (other than tableware, 
kitchenware, baths, bidets, sinks and similar f ixtures ; statuettes and other ornamental 
articles ; pots, jars, carboys and similar receptacles for the conveyance or packing of 
goods ; and coffee grinders and spice mills with receptacles made of ceramics and working 
parts of metal) (HS 691190) ; Ceramic ta bleware, kitchenware, other household articles 
and toilet articles, other than of porcelain or china (other than baths, bidets, sinks and 
similar fixtures ; statuettes and other ornamental articles ; pots, jars, carboys and similar 
receptacles for the convey ance or packing of goods ; and coffee grinders and spice mills 
with receptacles made of ceramics and working parts of metal) (HS 691200)  G/TBT/N/ECU/348/Rev.2  
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  5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico  Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 010  (2R) "Vajillas 
cerámicas destinadas a estar en contacto con alimentos"  (Draft second revision (2R) of 
Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 010: "Ceramic tableware intended to come 
into contact with food") (11 pages, in S panish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by ceramic tableware intended to come into contact with food, 
prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting 
human health and safety, and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products : Glass ceramic, semi -glass ceramic and non -glass 
ceramic tableware intended to be in contact with food.  
It does not apply to:  
• Ceramic products c lassed as decorations or ornaments and handicrafts;  
• Ceramic tableware classed as toys, which must comply with Ecuadorian Technical 
Regulation RTE INEN No. 089 "Toy safety", which is currently in force.  
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, Samplin g procedures for inspection by attributes - 
Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot 
inspection.  
2. ISO 6486 -1:2019, Ceramic ware, glass -ceramic ware and glass dinnerware in 
contact with food - Release of lead and cadm ium - 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/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories.  
5. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements.  
6. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product certification 
and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 1795 (1R):2005  (confirmed 18 November 
2014), Productos cerámicos . Vajilla. Definiciones y clasificación . 
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN - ISO 6486 -1: 2015, Artículos de cerámica, 
artículos vitrocerámicos y vajillas de vidrio en contacto con alimentos - Emisiones 
de plomo y cadmio - Parte 1 : Método de ensayo . 
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/348  
2. G/TBT /N/ECU/348/Rev.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/348/Rev.1/Add.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 30 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 30 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/348/Rev.2  
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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  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca (MPCEIP)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email: puntoc ontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@producc ion.gob.ec ; jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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