G/TBT/N/ECU/208  
5 March 2014  
(14-1330)  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) 
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Diego de Almagro Tel.: (+593) 2 250-1885 Fax: (+593) 2 256-7815 
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) 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358 
Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; 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): 
8419.81.00, 8420.10.10, 8420.10.90, 8210.00.10, 8210.00.90, 8433.60.10, 8433.60.90, 
8434.10.00, 8434.20.00, 8435.10.00, 8436.10.00, 8436.21.00, 8436.29.10, 8436.29.20, 8436.29.90, 8436.80.10, 8436.80.90, 8437.10.11, 8437.10.19, 8437.10.90, 8437.80.11, 8437.80.19, 8437.80.91, 8437.80.92, 8437.80.93, 8437.80.99, 8438.10.10, 8438.10.20, 
8438.20.10, 8438.20.20, 8438.30.00, 8438.40.00, 8438.50.10, 8438.50.90, 8438.60.00, 
8438.80.10, 8438.80.20, 8438.80.90, 8478.10.10, and 8478.10.90. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 131, "Seguridad e higiene de maquinaria para procesamiento de alimentos") (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 131, "Safety and hygiene of food processing 
machinery") (8 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Product requirements; Labelling requirements; Conformity assessment tests; Sampling; Regulatory documents 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/208 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the safety and hygiene 
requirements for food processing machinery, wi th a view to protecting human safety, life 
and health and the environment, and preventing deceptive practices likely to mislead users. 
It applies to the following domestically manufactured and imported food processing 
machinery marketed in Ecuador: 
- Bakery machinery and machinery for the manufacture of macaroni, spaghetti or 
similar products; 
- Machinery and apparatus for the manufacture of confectionary, cocoa or chocolate; 
- Machinery for processing cereals and animal feed; - Machinery for abattoirs and meat processing; 
- Machinery for processing seafood; 
- Machinery for processing fruits and vegetables; - Machinery for catering and industrial kitchens; - Machinery for the manufacture of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages; 
- Dairy machinery; 
- Machinery for the manufacture of milk shakes and ice cream; - Machinery for processing edible oils and fats; 
- Coffee machines and roasting machines; 
- Machinery and apparatus for sugar manufacture; - Brewery machinery; 
- Tobacco processing machinery; 
- Machinery for sorting or grading eggs. 
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 131, "Seguridad e higiene de maquinaria para procesamiento de alimentos") (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 131, "Safety and hygiene of food processing machinery"); 
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 26 February 2014. 
Nine months after adoption.  
10. Final date for comments: 27 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) 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358 Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/