. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ECU/74 
21 June 2011 
 (11-3058) 
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) 
Avdas. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593 2) 254-6690, Ext. 284 Fax: (+593 2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.mipro.gov.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):   1104.22.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 059 "Alimentos funcionales.  Requisitos" 
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuador ian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) 
No. 059:  "Functional foods.  Requirements") (4 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/74 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified Draft Technical Regulation on "Functional foods.  
Requirements" covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  Product requirements;  
Labelling requirements;  Sampling;  Regul atory 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 Ecuadorian Technical Regulation est ablishes the requirements to be met by 
functional foods with a view to preventing pr actices liable 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 059 "Alimentos f uncionales.  Requisitos"  
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(RTE INEN) No. 059:  "Functional foods.  Requirements"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regu lation 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:   13 August 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 
Avdas. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593-2) 254-6690, Ext. 284 Fax: (+593-2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.mipro.gov.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/