G/TBT/N/ECU/486  
26 June 2020 
(20-4437) 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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960 to 90  
Website: www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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 Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Qua lity) 
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email: puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
Website : 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) : Cocoa 
powder, containing added suga r or other sweetening matter (HS 180610) ; Chocolate and 
other food preparations containing cocoa , in blocks or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in 
liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of 
a content exceeding  2 kg (excluding cocoa powder) (HS 180620) ; Chocolate and other 
food preparations containing cocoa , in blocks, slabs or bars weighing not more than 2 kg, 
filled (HS 180631) ; Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa , in blocks, 
slabs or bars w eighing not more than 2 kg, not filled (HS 180632) ; Chocolate and other 
food preparations containing cocoa , in containers or immediate packings, of a content not 
exceeding 2 kg (excluding in blocks, slabs or bars, as well as cocoa powder) (HS 180690)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 106  (1R) "Chocolates" 
(Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 106 
"Chocolate") (8 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/486  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by chocolate and chocolate products destined for human 
consumption, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of 
protecting human health and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
• Chocolate types (composition) : Chocolate ; chocolate a la taza ; sweet chocolate ; 
chocolate familiar a la taza ; couverture chocolate ; milk chocolate ; family milk 
chocolate ; milk chocolate couverture ; other chocolate products ; white chocolate ; 
gianduja chocolate ; gianduja milk chocolate ; chocolate para mesa ; semi-bitter 
chocolate para mesa ; bitter chocolate para mesa . 
•  Chocolat e types (form) : Chocolate vermicelli and chocolate flakes ; milk chocolate 
vermicelli/milk chocolate flakes ; filled chocolate ; a chocolate or praline.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of decep tive practices and consumer protection ; Protection of 
human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
Normative references:  
1. CODEX S TAN 87 -1981: Adopted in 1981 . Revision : 2003. Amendment : 2016. 
Standard for Chocolate and Chocolate Products;  
2. CODEX S TAN 193-1995: Revised in 2009 . Amended in 2018 . General Standard for 
Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed;  
3. CODEX S TAN 192 -1995:2018, General Standard for Food Additives;  
4. Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE I NEN 022  (2R):2014  + corrigendum 1:2015 
"Rotulado de productos alimenticios procesados, envasados y empaquetados" . 
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/127  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/127/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/127/Add.2  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
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:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca  (MPCEIP)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email: puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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