G/TBT/N/ECU/81/Rev.1  
20 February  2018 
(18-1093) 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  
Fax: (+593 -2) 2567815  
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)  
Address : Yánez Pinzón N26 -12, entre Av . Colón y La Niña  
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. 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) : 39249000, 
40149000 and 70139900.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 065 "Chupetes y artículos de 
puericultura para la alimentación liquida de bebes y niños pequeños"  (Draft revision of 
Ecuado rian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (RTE INEN) No. 065 
"Dummies/pacifiers and childcare articles for the provision of liquid food for babies and 
young children") (13 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The draft revised Technical  Regulation covers the following : 
Purpose ; Scope; Definitions ; 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.  G/TBT/N/ECU/81/Rev.1  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by 
dummies/pacifiers for babies and young children, and childcare articles for the provision of 
liquid food . It seeks to prevent risks to human life  and health , and practices likely to 
mislead consumers.  
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 065 " Chupetes y artículos de puericultura para la 
alimentación liquida de bebes y niños pequeños"  (Draft revision of Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (RTE INEN) No. 065 
"Dummies/pacifiers and childcare articles for the provision of liqu id food for babies 
and young children")  
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted : Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal).  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 19 March 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  
Address : Plataforma Financiera - Amazonas Unión de periodistas  
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/