. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ECU/88 
30 August 2012 
 (12-4684) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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:  
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro 
Fax: (+593) 2 256-7815 Tel.: (+593) 2 250-1885 E-mail: pleon@inen.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec  
 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, e-mail 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) 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593) 2 254-6690, Ext. 284 or 300 Fax: (+593) 2 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec ;  aanrango@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.mipro.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):  
1806.10.00.00, 1806.20.10.00, 1806.20.90.00, 1806.31.10.00, 1806.31.90.00, 1806.32.00.00, 1806.90.00.00, 1901.10.10.00, 
1801.10.91.00, 1901.10.99.00, 1901.20.00.00, 1901.90.10.00, 1901.90.20.00, 1901.90.90.00, 2005.10.00.00, 2005.20.00.00, 2005.40.00.00, 2005.51.00.00, 2005.59.00.00, 2005.60.00.00, 2005.70.00.00, 2005.80.00.00, 2005.91.00.00, 2005.99.10.00, 2005.99.20.00, 2005.99.90.00, 2007.10.00.00, 2007.91.10.00, 
2007.91.20.00, 2007.99.11.00, 2007.99.12.00, 2007.99.91.00, 
2007.99.92.00, 2104.10.10.00, 2104.10.20.00, 2104.20.00.00, 2106.10.11.00, 2106.10.19.00, 2106.10.20.00, 2106.90.10.00, 2106.90.21.00, 2106.90.29.00, 2106.30.00, 2106.90.40.00, 2106.90.50.00, 2106.90.60.00, 2106.90.71.00, 2106.90.72.00, 
2106.90.73.00, 2106.90.74.00, 2106.90.79.00, 2106.90.80.00, and 
2106.90.90.00 G/TBT/N/ECU/88 
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  5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE IN EN 075 sobre "Alimentos para Regímenes 
Especiales.  Requisitos"  (Draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 075:  "Foods for special dietary uses.  Requirements") (9 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Re gulation "Foods for special dietary 
uses.  Requirements" covers the following:  Pu rpose;  scope;  definitions;  classification;  
general conditions;  requirement s;  labelling;  conformity assessment tests;  sampling;  
regulatory documents consulted or serving as references;  demonstration of compliance 
with the Ecuadorian Technical Regulation;  conformity assessment and certification bodies;  inspection and/or supervisory authority;  type  of inspection and/or monitoring;  penalty 
regime;  liability of conformity assessme nt bodies;  and review and updating.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Ecuadorian Technical Regula tion establishes the requirements to be met 
by foods for special dietary uses, with a view  to preventing risks to human health and life 
and practices likely to mislead or deceive consumers. 
8. Relevant documents: 
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mipro.gob.ec ,  http://www.inen.gob.ec ; 
2. Proposal and basic document:  PRTE INEN 075 sobre "Alimentos para Regímenes 
Especiales.  Requisitos"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 075:  "Foods for special dietary uses.  
Requirements"); 
3. Publication in which the Technical Re gulation will be published when adopted:  
Registro Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: 90 days from the date of circulation. Six months after adoption. 
10. Final date for comments:   21 November 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 
Subsecretaría de la Calidad Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593) 2 254-6690, Ext. 284 or 300 Fax: (+593) 2 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec ;  aanrango@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.mipro.gob.ec  
Regulatory body: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización, INEN Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro Tel.: (+593) 2 250-1885 Fax: (+593) 2 256-7815 
E-mail:  pleon@inen.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec