. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ECU/76 
25 July 2011 
 (11-3748) 
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) 2567815 Tel.: (593-2) 2501885 
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) 2546690, Ext. 284 Fax: (593-2) 2504922 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):  1103110000, 
1103130000, 1904100000, 1904200000, 2301101000 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE-INEN 060 "Bocaditos"  (Draft Ecuadorian 
Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standa rdization Institute (PRTE-INEN) No. 060:  
"Snack foods") (7 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/76 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Re gulation on snack foods covers the 
following:  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  General specifications;  Requirements;  
Labelling requirements;  Conformity assessment tests;  Sampling;  Regulatory documents 
consulted or serving as references;  Demons tration 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 assessment bodies;  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 snack foods, with a view to preventing risk s to human health and life and practices 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 060 "Bocaditos"  (Draft Technical 
Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardizati on Institute (PRTE-INEN) No. 060:  "Snack 
foods"); 
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:   Date of publication in the Official Journal 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   18 September 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) 2546690, Ext. 284 Fax: (593-2) 2504922 
E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.mipro.gov.ec  
 
Regulatory body: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro 
Tel.: (593-2) 2501885 Fax: (593-2) 2567815 E-mail:  baguilera@inen.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec