G/TBT/N/BOL/9, G/TBT/N/COL/231  
G/TBT/N/ECU/338, G/TBT/N/PER/100  
19 February 2018  
(18-1054) 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 
Reglamento Técnico Andino sobre Etiquetado de Productos Cosméticos (Draft Andean 
Technical Regulation on the labelling of cosmetic products ) (6 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation on the labell ing of 
cosmetic products  covers the following: Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Labelling 
requirements; Conformity assessment; Inspection and monitoring; Supplementary and 
transitional provisions; Annex 1.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of u rgent problems where 
applicable: To protect human health and safety. The notified draft Technical Regulation 
establishes the labelling and marking requirements for cosmetic products that are 
marketed in the territories of member countries, with a view to p reventing practices likely 
to mislead users and to protecting human health and safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Publication where notice appears: 
http://extranet.comunidadandina.org/sirt/public/buscapalavra.aspx  
 Proposal and basic document: Draft Andean Technical Regulation on the labelling 
of cosmetic products.  G/TBT/N/BOL/9 • G/TBT/N/COL/231 • G/TBT/N/ECU/338 • G/TBT/N/PER/100  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: - 
Proposed date of entry into force: 6 months from the date of publication in the Official 
Journal of the Andean Community.  
10. Final date for comments: 17 May 2018  
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