G/TBT/N/ECU/116  
22 November 2013  
(13-6429)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: +593 2 250-1885 
Fax: +593 2 256-7815 
Email: puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.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) 
Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: +593 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358 or 2255 
Email: puntocontactootcecu@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  
3. Notified under Article 2. 9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable):  
3303.00.00.00, 3304.10.00.00, 3304.20.00.00, 3304.30.00.00, 3304.91.00.00, 
3305.10.00.00, 3305.20.00.00, 3305.30.00.00, 3305.90.00.00, 3306.10.00.00, 3306.90.00.00, 3307.10.00.00, 3307.20.00.00, 3307.30.00.00 and 3307.90.90.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano de Emergencia RTE INEN 093 "Productos Cosméticos" 
(Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) 
No. 93: "Cosmetic products") (13 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified Emergency 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; Penalty regime; and Liability 
of conformity assessment bodies. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified Technical Regulation lays down the requirements to be met 
by cosmetic products, with a view to protecting human life, health and safety and the 
environment and preventing practices likely to mislead users. G/TBT/N/ECU/116 
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  It applies to cosmetic products that are manufactured in, imported into or marketed 
in Ecuador: 
- cosmetics for children: shampoos, conditioners, lotions, oils, creams, talcum powders 
and other products for babies/children; 
- eye cosmetics: eyebrow pencils, eye penc ils, eyeliners, eye shadows, eye make-up 
removers, mascaras and other products for use around, and along the contours 
of, the eyes; 
- skin cosmetics: blushers, face powders, bases/foundations (liquids, pastes, powders, 
creams), cleansers/make-up removers, correctors/concealers, leg and body make-up, 
face creams, face lotions, emulsions, hand and body creams, hand and body lotions, 
gels and oils for the skin, talcum powder for feet, face masks and other skin cosmetics; 
- lip cosmetics: lipsticks, lip glosses, lip protectors, lip liners and other products intended 
for application to the lips; 
- cosmetics for personal cleanliness and hygien e: after-bath powders, hygienic powders, 
toilet soaps (non-medicated), deodorant soaps, bath and shower preparations 
(salts, foams, oils, gels, shampoos), moist wipes and towelettes and other products for 
personal cleanliness and hygiene; 
- anti-perspirant deodorants: deodorants, de odorants and anti-perspirants, feminine 
intimate deodorants and other deodorant and anti-perspirant products; 
- hair cosmetics: hair colourants, colour rinses, colour hairsprays, colour 
removers/bleaches, colour highlighters/illum inators, products for waving, straightening 
and fixing hair, hair-setting products, hair-cleansing products (lotions, powders, 
shampoos), hair-conditioning products (lotions, creams, oils), hairdressing products 
(lotions, lacquers, brilliantines) and other hair products; 
- nail cosmetics: nail primers, cuticle softeners, nail creams, nail polishes, nail polish 
removers, nail oils, top coats and other products for nail care and make-up; 
- fragrance cosmetics: perfumes, toilet waters and Eau de Cologne; 
- oral and dental hygiene cosmetics: toothpastes (all kinds), mouthwashes 
(non-medicated) and other oral and dental care products; 
- shaving and after-shave products: afte r-shave balms, after-shave lotions, 
shaving creams, shaving soaps and fo ams, after-shave gels and other 
shaving products; 
- suntan, sunscreen/sunblock and self-tanning products: sunbathing products, 
such as suntan preparations (oils, creams, lotions), sunscreens/sunblocks (creams, lotions), products for tanning without sun and other suntanning and sun protection products; 
- depilatories: depilatory waxes, creams, oils and gels and other depilatory products; 
- skin-whitening products: whitening creams, whitening lotions and other skin-whitening 
products; and 
- anti-wrinkle products. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: RTE INEN EMERGENTE 093 "Productos Cosméticos" 
(Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(RTE INEN) No. 093: "Cosmetic products"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: 
Registro Oficial  (Official Journal) No. 121 of 12 November 2013. G/TBT/N/ECU/116 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:   As from the date of publication in the 
Official Journal (12 November 2013) 
In force 
10. Final date for comments:  Not applicable 
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 
Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: +593 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358 or 2255 
Email: puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec