G/TBT/N/ECU/194  
24 February 2014  
(14-1116)  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) 
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 
Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ;  puntocontactoOTCECU@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):  HS tariff 
subheadings 1905.31.00, 1905.32.00, 1905.90.10 and 1905.90.90 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
REGLAMENTO TÉCNICO ECUATORIANO EMERGENTE RTE INEN 151 "GALLETAS" 
(Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 151: "Biscuits") (9 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft 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; 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 
biscuits, with a view to protecting human health and preventing practices likely to 
mislead consumers. 
It applies to domestically produced or imported biscuits that are marketed in Ecuador. G/TBT/N/ECU/194 
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  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 151 "GALLETAS" 
(Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 151: "Biscuits"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: 
Registro Oficial (Official Journal) No. 180 (10 February 2014). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   10 February 2014 In force 
10. Final date for comments:  -  
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 point 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 Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ;  puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec