. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/69 
11 February 2011 
 (11-0718) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  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: mailto: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 au thority 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.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):   0201.10.00.00, 
0201.20.00.00, 0201.30.00.10, 0201.30.00.90, 0202.10.00.00, 0202.20.00.00, 0202.30.00.10, 
0202.30.00.90, 0203.11.00.00, 0203.12.00.00, 0203.19.00.00, 0203.21.00.00, 0203.22.00.00, 
0203.29.00.00, 0204.10.00.00, 0204.21.00.00, 0204.22.00.00, 0204.23.00.00, 0204.30.00.00, 0204.41.00.00, 0204.42.00.00, 0204.43.00.00, 0204.50.00.00, 0206.10.00.00, 0206.21.00.00, 0206.22.00.00, 0206.29.00.00, 0206.30.00.00, 0206.41.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 056 "Carne y productos cárnicos" 
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuador ian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) 
No. 056:  "Meat and meat products") (11 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/69 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation on meat and meat 
products covers the following:  Purpose;  Sc ope;  Definitions;  General specifications;  
Classification;  Product requirements;  Labe lling requirements;  Conformity assessment 
tests;  Sampling;  Reference standards a nd standards consulted;  Demonstration of 
compliance with the Ecuadorian Technical Regulation;  Conformity assessment and 
certification bodies;  Inspection and/or supervis ory authority;  Type of inspection and/or 
monitoring;  Penalty regime;  Liability of  conformity assessment bodies;  Review and 
updating of the Technical Regulation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by meat and 
meat products with a view to preventing risks to human life and health and practices likely to 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. 056 "Meat and meat pr oducts"; 
3. Publication in which Technical Regula tion 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:  2 April 2011 
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.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/