G/TBT/N/BOL/8, G/TBT/N/COL/230  
G/TBT/N/ECU/337, G/TBT/N/PER/99  
24 January 2018  
(18-0586) 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 : PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, PERU  
If applicable,  name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible : Comunidad Andina  (Andean Community)  
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 la Calidad (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad , MIPRO (Ministry of Industry and Productivity)  
Plataforma Gubernamen tal de Gestión Financiera - Piso 8 Bloque amarillo  
Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2272 or 2253  
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec , jcadena@mipro.gob.ec , 
cyepez@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) : Cosmetic 
products in HS Chapters 33 and 34  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Decisión XXX sobre la actualización de la Decisión Andina 516 "armonización de 
legislaciones en materia de productos cosméticos"  (Draft Decision XXX updating Andean 
Decision 516 on the harmonization of legislation on cosmetic products) (13 pages,  in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Decision on cosmetic products covers the 
following : Purpose ; Scope; Definitions ; General requirements ; Mandatory sanitary 
notification (NSO) for cosmetic products ; Recognition of the NSO ; Marketing ; Sanitary 
surveillance ; Sanitary control activities ; Sanitary safety measures ; Infringements and 
administrative penalties ; Advertising and promotion ; and General production and storage 
requirements.  G/TBT/N/BOL/8 • G/TBT/N/COL/230 • G/TBT/N/ECU/337 • G/TBT/N/PER/99  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Decision establishes harmonized requirements and 
procedures for cosmetic products from Member countries and third countries that are to be 
marketed in the Andean subregion . It seeks to ensure t he control and surveillance of these 
products on the market, and proper protection for human health and safety, and to 
prevent the release of information likely to mislead consumers.  The Decision regulates the 
production, storage, importation, marketing, q uality control and sanitary surveillance of 
cosmetic products.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Publication where notice appears:  
http://intranet.comunidadandina.org/Documentos/DTra bajo/SGDT509.pdf  
 Proposal and basic document : Proyecto de Decisión XXX sobre la actualización de 
la Decisión Andina 516 "armonización de legislaciones en materia de productos 
cosméticos"  (Draft Decision XXX updating Andean Decision 516 on the 
harmonization  of legislation on cosmetic products)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : 12 months from the date of publication in the Official 
Journal of the Andean Community.  
10. Final date for comments : 18 March 2 018 
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:  
Juan Carlos Cadena  
Subsecretaría de la Calidad  
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad - MIPRO  
Yánez Pinzón N26 -12, entre Av . Colón y La Niña  
Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.: (+593-2) 3948760, Ext. 2272 or 2219  
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec , jcadena@mipro.gob.ec , 
cyepez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/