G/TBT/N/ECU/12/Rev.1  
4 April 2018  
(18-2034) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 , SEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960  
Fax: (+593 -2) 2567815  
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://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 la Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality),  
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad , MIPRO (Ministry of Industry and Productivity)  
Plataforma Gubernamental de Gestión Financiera - Piso 8, Bloque amarillo, Av . Amazonas 
entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira  
Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2272 or 2252  
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec , jcadena@mipro.gob.ec , 
cyepez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/   
3 Notifie d 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) : 68159100, 
68159900, 69111000, 69119000 and 69120000  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 010 "Productos Cerámicos . Vajilla 
y Demás Artículos de Us o Doméstico, Higiene o Tocador"  (Draft revision of Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (RTE INEN) 010 : Ceramic products . 
Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles) (10 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of c ontent : The notified draft revision covers the following : Purpose ; Scope; 
Definitions ; Product requirements ; Sampling ; Conformity assessment tests ; Labelling 
requirements ; Reference documents ; Conformity assessment procedure ; Monitoring and 
inspection authority ; Penalty regime ; Liability of conformity assessment bodies ; and 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : This technical regulation sets out the requirements to be met by new ceram ic 
products, tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles prior to the 
import, customs clearance and marketing of the domestic or imported product, with a view 
to protecting human life and safety, and preventing practices likely to mislead users.  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/ / 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec;/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document : Proyecto de Revisión del Reglamento Técnico 
Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 010 "Productos Cerámicos . Vajilla y Demás Artículos de Uso 
Doméstico, Higiene o Tocador"  (Draft revision of Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute Technical Regulation (RTE INEN) 010 : Ceramic products . Tableware, 
kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles) ; 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted : Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal).  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 90 days from 3 March 2 018 
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 2 July 2 018 
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:  
Juan Carlos Cadena  
Subsecretaría de la Calidad  
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO  
Plataforma Gubernamental de Gestión Financiera - Piso 8, Bloque amarillo, Av . Amazonas 
entre Unión Nacional d e Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira  
Quito, Ecuador  
Tel: (+593 -2) 3948760 , Ext. 2272 or  2252 
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec , jcadena@mipro.gob.ec , 
cyepez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/