G/TBT/N/ECU/254  
6 June 2014  
(14-3313)  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): 
1902.11.00, 1902.19.00, 1902.20.00, 1902.30.00, 1902.40.00, 1904.30.00, 1904.90.00, 1905.10.00, and 1905.20.00. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
PRTE INEN 150, "Productos farináceos  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 150: "Farinaceous products") (7 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified Technical Regulation covers the following: Purpose; 
Scope; Definitions; General conditions; Classification; Product requirements; Labelling 
requirements; Sampling; Conformity assessment tests; Reference documents; 
Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of conformity assessment bodies; and Review and updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/254 
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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 
farinaceous products, with a view to protecting human health and preventing practices 
likely to mislead consumers. It applies to the following domestically manufactured or imported products marketed in Ecuador: pasta or noodles; instant noodles; rice noodles; wheat meal; maize (corn) meal; normal bread; and special bread. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/  / 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
2. Proposal and basic document: P r o y e c t o  d e  P R T E  I N E N  1 5 0 ,  " P r o d u c t o s  f a r i n á c e o s  
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 
150: "Farinaceous products") 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  90 days from 30 May 2014. 
Six months as from the date of 
adoption 
10. Final date for comments: 28 August 2014 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry po int [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/