. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/72 
27 May 2011 
 (11-2690) 
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: baguilera@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:  
Dirección de Desarrollo Comercial de Bienes y Servicios  
(Department for the Commercial Development of Goods and Services) 
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):   0407.00.90.00, 
0408.11.00.00, 0408.19.00.00, 0408.91.00.00, 0408.99.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano.  "Huevos y ovoproductos" (Draft Ecuadorian Technical 
Regulation:  "Eggs and egg produc ts") (6 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/72 
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 6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following:  
Purpose;  scope;  definitions;  classification;  general provisions;  product requirements;  
packing, packaging and labelling requirements;  conformity assessment tests;  sampling;  regulatory documents consulted or serving as references;  demonstration of compliance 
with the Ecuadorian Technical Regulation;  conformity assessment and certification bodies;  
inspection and/or supervisory authority;  type  of inspection and/or monitoring;  penalty 
regime;  liability of conformity assessmen t bodies;  and review and updating of the 
Technical Regulation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by 
commercial eggs and egg products  for human consumption, with a view to preventing risks 
to human life and health and practices like ly to confuse or mislead 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:  Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN ) No. 058 "Eggs and egg products"; 
3. Publication in which the Technical Regulation 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 of the 
notification 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments::   18 July 2011 
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: 
Dirección de Desarrollo Comercial de Bienes y Servicios 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 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593-2) 250-1885 Fax: (+593-2) 256-7815 E-mail: baguilera@inen.gob.ec
 
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec/