. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ECU/89 
9 October 2012 
 (12-5459) 
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 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593) 2 250-1885 Fax: (+593) 2 256-7815 E-mail: pleon@inen.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec  
 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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 app licable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Tariff subheadings 
0402.91.10, 0402.99.10, 0402.99.90, 0403.10.00, 0403.90.10, 0403.90.90, 0405.10.00, 
0405.20.00, 0405.90.20, 0405.90.90, 0406.10.00, 0406.20.00, 0406.30.00, 0406.40.00, 0406.90.40, 0406.90.50, 0406.90.60, 0406.90.90 and 1901.90.20 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 076 "Leche y Productos Lácteos" 
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuador ian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) 
No. 076: "Milk and milk products")  (16 pages, in Spanish).  G/TBT/N/ECU/89 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Re gulation on milk and milk products 
covers the following: Purpose; Scope; Defi nitions; General conditions; Classification; 
Product requirements; Labelling requirements; Conformity assessment tests; Sampling; 
Regulatory documents consulted or serving as references; Demonstration of compliance 
with the Ecuadorian Technical Regulation; C onformity assessment and certification bodies; 
Inspection and/or supervisory authority; Type of inspection and/or monitoring; 
Penalty regime; Liability of conformity asse ssment bodies; and Review and updating.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Ecuadorian Technical Re gulation establishes the requirements to be 
met by milk and milk products of cattle and goa ts with a view to ensuring the safety of 
such products, protecting consumer health and preventing misleading, confusing or 
deceptive practices.  
8. Relevant documents:     
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.mipro.gob.ec and http://www.inen.gob.ec  
2. Proposal and basic document: PRTE INEN 076 "Leche y Productos Lácteos" 
(Draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulation of  the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PRTE INEN) No. 076: "Milk and milk products"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regul ation 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:   2 January 2013 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if available, of 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 Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593) 2 250-1885 
Fax: (+593) 2 256-7815 E-mail: pleon@inen.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec