G/TBT/N/ECU/105  
14 November 2013  
(13-6290)  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 Tel.:  +593 2 250-1885 Fax:  +593 2 256-7815 
E-mail: aortiz@inen.gob.ec  
Website:  http://www.inen.gob.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and 
website addresses, if availa ble) of agency or author ity designated to handle 
comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if di fferent 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 
E-mail: 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): 3923.30 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: 
Proyecto de Reglamento  Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 100 "Materiales y artículos 
plásticos destinados a estar en contacto con los alimentos"  (Draft Technical Regulation 
of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 100: "Plastic materials 
and articles intended to come into contact with food") (7 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Identification of plastics; Product 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. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the global migration limits for 
plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, with a view to 
protecting human health and preventing practices likely to mislead users. G/TBT/N/ECU/105 
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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: PRTE INEN 100 "Materiales y artículos plásticos 
destinados a estar en contacto con los alimentos" ( Draft Technical Regulation of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 100: "Plastic materials and 
articles intended to come into contact with food"); 
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 11 November 2013. 
Six months after adoption. 
10. Final date for comments: 9 February 2014 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresse s, if available, of other body: 
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 E-mail: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec