G/TBT/N/ECU/183  
18 February 2014  
(14-1015)  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 2501885 Fax: (+593) 2 2567815 
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 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) 
Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593) 2 3948760, Ext. 2358 
Email: 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): 9619.00, 
9619.00.10, 9619.00.10.10, 9619.00.10.20, 9619.00.10.90, 9619.00.20, 9619.00.20.10, 
9619.00.20.20, 9619.00.20.90, 9619.00.90, 9619.00.90.10, 9619.00.90.20, and 
9619.00.90.90. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 149, "Productos Absorbentes Desechables de Higiene Personal"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PRTE INEN) No. 149, "Disposable absorbent personal hygiene products") (5 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Product requirements; Labelling requirements; Sampling; Conformity assessment tests; Regulatory documents consulted or serving as references; 
Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; 
Liability of conformity assessment bodies; and Review and updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/183 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be 
met by disposable absorbent personal hygiene products, with a view to preventing risks 
to human health and the environment, and practices likely to mislead or deceive users. 
It applies to the following domestically manufactured and imported disposable absorbent 
personal hygiene products marketed in Ecuador: 
- Absorbent feminine personal hygiene products such as sanitary towels, panty 
liners, nursing pads and tampons. 
- Nappies for babies and small children. 
- Disposable absorbent products for incontinence. 
It does not cover disposable absorbent products which claim to have cosmetic properties 
and a therapeutic purpose. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.industrias.gob.ec/, 
 http://www.inen.gob.ec/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE 
INEN 149, "Productos Absorbentes Desechables de Higiene Personal"  (Draft 
Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 
149, "Disposable absorbent personal hygiene products"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulati on will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days from 12 February 2014. 
Six months after adoption.  
10. Final date for comments: 13 May 2014 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body: Contact 
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 3948760, Ext. 2358 
Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/