G/TBT/N/ECU/212  
 
9 April 2014  
(14-2225)  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   
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 design ated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:    
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Diego de Almagro   
Quito, Ecuador   Tel.: (+593-2) 250-1885 
Fax: (+593-2) 256-7815 
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.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):   HS tariff 
subheadings 1006.20.00.00, 1006.30.00.00 and 1006.10.90.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
PRTE INEN 212 "ARROZ PILADO" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 212: "Pounded rice") (5 pages, in Spanish).      
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Classification; Designation; 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. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   The notified Technical Regulation applies to domestically produced or 
imported pounded (husked) rice that is marketed in Ecuador. 
8. Relevant documents:     
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and G/TBT/N/ECU/212 
 
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  http://www.inen.gob.ec ;   
2. Proposal and basic document: PRTE INEN 212 "ARROZ PILADO" (Draft Technical 
Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 212: 
"Pounded rice");  
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 as from 2 April 2014  Three months after adoption     
10. Final date for comments:   1 July 2014 
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 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 or 2253 
Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
 PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec   
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec