Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Ecuador - Products for human use and consumption

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.

 

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Notifying Member: ECUADOR

If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible:

Agencia Nacional de Regulacion, Control y Vigilancia Sanitaria, ARCSA (National Agency for Sanitary Regulation, Control and Surveillance)

Ciudadela Samanes, Av. Francisco de Orellana y Av. Paseo del Parque. Bloque 5

Guayaquil - Ecuador

Tel.: (+593-4) 3727 440

Website: www.controlsanitario.gob.ec

Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email 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 Calidad (Under-Secretariat for Quality)

Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca, MPCEIP (Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)

Address: Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, Bloque amarillo

Tel.: (+593-2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 or 2272

Email:

puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec

puntocontactoecu@gmail.com

jmarino@produccion.gob.ec

cyepez@produccion.gob.ec

jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec

Website: www.produccion.gob.ec

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): The purpose of the Draft Substitute Sanitary Technical Regulations for the control of products for human use and consumption subject to sanitary control and surveillance and considered to be counterfeit or substandard is to ensure the sanitary control and surveillance of products for human use and consumption that are regulated by the National Agency for Sanitary Regulation, Control and Surveillance (ARCSA, Doctor Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez) and could be considered counterfeit or substandard products.

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de Normativa Técnica Sanitaria Sustitutiva para el control de productos de uso y consumo humano sujetos a control y vigilancia sanitaria considerados falsificados o de calidad subestándar (Draft Substitute Sanitary Technical Regulations for the control of products for human use and consumption subject to sanitary control and surveillance and considered to be counterfeit or substandard) (16 page(s), in Spanish)

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Description of content: The purpose of the notified Sanitary Technical Regulations is to ensure the sanitary control and surveillance of products for human use and consumption that are regulated by the National Agency for Sanitary Regulation, Control and Surveillance (ARCSA, Doctor Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez) and could be considered counterfeit or substandard products.

The provisions of the Regulations are applicable to all natural and legal persons, whether domestic or foreign, that process, manufacture, package, store, export, import, donate, distribute, transport, market, sell or dispense, throughout the national territory, products for human use and consumption subject to ARCSA control and surveillance.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety

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Relevant documents: -

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Proposed date of adoption: The notified Sanitary Technical Regulations will enter into force upon their publication in the Official Journal, once the international guidelines have been followed.

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined. The notified Sanitary Technical Regulations will enter into force on the date of publication in the Official Journal.

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

Contact and/or national enquiry point:

Subsecretaría de Calidad (Under-Secretariat for Quality)

Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca, MPCEIP (Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)

Address: Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, Bloque amarillo

Tel.: (+593-2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 or 2272

Email:

puntocontacto-otcecu@produccion.gob.ec

puntocontactoecu@gmail.com

jmarino@produccion.gob.ec

cyepez@produccion.gob.ec

www.controlsanitario.gob.ec

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