. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ECU/80 
22 November 2011 
 (11-6099) 
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 and 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):   Tariff subheadings 
0209.00.90.00, 1501.00.10.00, 1507.90.10.00, 1508.90.00.00, 1509.10.00.00, 1509.90.00.00, 1510.00.00.00, 1511.90.00.00, 1512.19.10.00, 1512.29.00.00, 1514.19.00.00, 1514.99.00.00, 1515.29.00.00, 1515.50.00.00, 1515.90.00.00, 
1517.10.00.00, 1517.90.00.00 and 1518.00.90.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN  064 "Grasas y Aceites Comestibles" 
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuador ian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) 
No. 064:  "Edible fats and oils") (13 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/80 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Re gulation on edible fats and oils 
covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  General specifications;  
Classification;  Product requirements;  Packi ng, packaging and labelling requirements;  
Conformity assessment tests;  Sampling;  Regulatory documents consulted or serving as 
references;  Demonstration of compliance w ith the Ecuadorian Technical Regulation;  
Conformity assessment and certification bodies;  Inspection and/or supe rvisory authority;  
Type of inspection and/or monitoring;  Pena lty 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 edible fats and oils with a view to preventing risks to human  life and 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 064, "Grasas y Aceites Comestibles"  
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuador ian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) 
No. 064:  "Edible fats and oils"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regul ation 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:   60 days after circulation 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if available, of 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 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593-2) 250-1885 Fax: (+593-2) 256-7815 E-mail: baguilera@inen.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec/