. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ECU/84 
16 January 2012 
 (12-0232) 
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 Fax: (593-2) 256-7815 
Tel.: (593-2) 250-1885 
E-mail: pleon@inen.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec/  
 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, 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 Comercio e Inversiones (Under-Secretariat for Trade and Investment)  
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 Fax: (593-2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   0901212000, 
0901220000, 0901900000, 0902100000, 0902200000, 0902300000, 0902400000, 0903000000, 0905000000, 0906110000, 0906190000, 0906200000, 0907000000, 0909100000, 0909209000, 0910991000, 0910999000, 1211200000, 1211300000, 
1211903000, 1211905000, 1211906000, 1211909000, 2101110000, 2101120000, 
2101200000, 2202900000 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 068 "Café, té, hierbas ar omáticas y bebidas 
energéticas"  (Draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulati on of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 068:  "Coffee, tea, aromatic herbs and energy drinks") 
(11 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/84 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation on coffee, tea, aromatic 
herbs and energy drinks covers the following:  Purpose;  scope;  definitions;  classification;  
general conditions;  product requirements;  la belling requirements;  conformity assessment 
tests;  sampling;  regulatory documents cons ulted or serving as refere nces;  demonstration 
of compliance with the Ecuadorian Technical  Regulation;  conformity assessment and 
certification bodies;  type of inspection and/or  monitoring;  penalty regime;  liability of 
conformity assessment bodies;  and review and updating.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Ecuadorian Technical Regula tion establishes the requirements to be met 
by roasted and ground coffee, instant coffee, t ea, aromatic herbs and energy drinks, with 
a view to preventing risks to human life a nd health and practices likely to mislead or 
deceive consumers. 
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 068 "Café, té, hierbas aromáticas y 
bebidas energéticas"  (Draft Technical Regulation of  the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 068:  "Coffee, tea, aromatic herbs and energy drinks"); 
3. Publication in which the Technical Re gulation 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:   3 March 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593-2) 254-6690, Ext. 284 Fax: (593-2) 250-4922 
E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.mipro.gob.ec/  
Regulatory body: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro 
Tel.: (593-2) 250-1885 
Fax: (593-2) 256-7815 E-mail:  baguilera@inen.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec/