G/TBT/N/ECU/375  
24 April 2019 
(19-2711) 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: 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  
puntocontactoOTCEC U@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) : 090510 - 
Neither crushed nor ground ; 090520 - Crushed or ground ; 090611 - Cinnamon 
(Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume ); 090619 - Other ; 090710 - Neither crushed nor 
ground;  090720 - Crushed or groun d 090961 - Neither crushed nor ground ; 090962 - 
Crushed or ground ; 091011 - Neither crushed nor ground ; 220299 - Energy drinks, 
including aerated drinks ; Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, and preparations 
with a basis of these extracts, essences or con centrates or with a basis of coffe e 
(HS 21011) ; Ginseng roots (HS 121120) ; Other (HS 121190) ; Extracts, essences and 
concentrates, of tea or maté, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences 
or concentrates or with a basis of tea or maté (HS 210120) ; Other (HS 210690) ; Other 
(HS 090190) ; Crushed or ground (HS 090620) ; Coffee roasted (HS 09012) ; Mixtures of 
nuts or dried fruits of this Chapter (HS 081350) ; Maté (HS 0903)  G/TBT/N/ECU/375  
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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 INEN 068 (2R) "Café, 
Hierbas aromáticas y bebidas energéticas"  (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 068 "Coffee, aromatic 
herbs and energy drinks") (10 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by coffee in grain or ground, soluble coffee, aromatic herbs and energy drinks, 
prior to the marketing 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. Coffee in grain or ground;  
2. Soluble coffee;  
3. Aromatic herbs;  
4. Energy drinks.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information ; labelling ; prevention of misleading practices ; 
consumer protection ; protection of human health and safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulato ry references:  
1. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1122 (3R) : 2013, Café soluble . Requisito ; 
2. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1123 (2R) : 2016, Café tostado en grano 
o molido . Requisitos ; 
3. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2392 (2R) : 2017, Hierbas aromáticas ; 
4. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2411 (1R) : 2017, Bebidas energéticas . 
Requisitos ; 
5. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN -CODEX 192:2016, Norma general para 
los aditivos alimentarios (CODEX STAN 192 -1995, IDT) ; 
6. Ecuad orian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation RTE INEN 022 (2R):2014 
+ corrigendo 1:2015 "Rotulado de productos alimenticios procesados, envasados y 
empaquetados" . 
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/84  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/84/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/84/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/84/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/84/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/84/Add.5  
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  G/TBT/N/ECU/375  
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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 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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