G/TBT/N/ECU/261  
23 June 2014  
(14-3617)  Page: 1/2  
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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización, INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Diego de Almagro Tel.: (+593) 2 250-1885 Fax: (+593) 2 256-7815 
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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 la Calidad  (Under-Secretariat for Quality) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad , MIPRO (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Address: Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593) 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358 or 2253 
Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec  / mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  
 / PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.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): 
0802.51.00. Pistachios (HS 0802.50) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de PRTE 
INEN 230, "Pistachos con Cáscara" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 230: "Unshelled pistachio nuts") (5 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Product requirements; Labelling requirements; Sampling; 
Conformity assessment tests; Reference documents; Conformity assessment procedure; 
Monitoring and inspection authority; and Penalty regime. G/TBT/N/ECU/261 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by 
unshelled pistachio nuts, with a view to protecting human health and preventing practices 
likely to mislead consumers. It applies to domestically manufactured or imported unshelled pistachio nuts, which are marketed in Ecuador. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appe ars: http://www.indu strias.gob.ec / 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
2. Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de PRTE INEN 230, "Pistachos con Cáscara" 
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 230: "Unshelled pistachio nuts") (5 pages, in Spanish) 
3. Publication in which Technical Regula tion will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days from 19 June 2014 
Proposed date of entry into force: Three months as from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments: 17 September 2014 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 
Subsecretaría de la Calidad 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO Address: Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593) 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358 or 2253 Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec  / mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  / 
PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/