Regulatory Updates
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
Distribution date: 03 December 2013 | Final date for Comment: 05 January 2014
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemicals: Pesticide/feed additive: Ethoxyquin.
Products Covered: - Meat and edible meat offal (HS Codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.07, 02.08 and 02.09) - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS Codes: 03.02, 03.03, 03.04 and 03.06) - Dairy produce, birds' eggs and natural honey (HS Codes: 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08) - Products of animal origin (HS Code: 05.04) - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Codes: 07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14) - Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons (HS Codes: 08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04, 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14) - Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS Codes: 09.01, 09.02, 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10) - Cereals (HS Codes: 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.06, 10.07 and 10.08) - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 12.12) - Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06) - Cacao and cacao preparations (HS Code: 18.01)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
; ; ;The Republic of Ecuador hereby advises that the first revision (1R) of Technical Regulation (RTE) No. 040 "Welding of steel structures" of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (INEN), notified in document G/TBT/N/ECU/40/Add.1 of 4 September 2009, was issued pursuant to Resolution No. 13 375 of 22 October 2013 of the Under-Secretariat for Quality of the Ministry of Industry and Productivity, published in Official Journal No. 124 of 15 November 2013. ; ;Text available from: ;Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) ;Subsecretaría de la Calidad (Under-Secretariat for Quality) ;Organismo Nacional encargado de la Notificación (National Notification Authority) ; ;Contact person: Marlon Martínez B. ;Yánez Pinzón No. 26-12 y Av. Colón, Edf. Rigel ;Quito, Ecuador ;Tel.: +593 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358/2255 ;Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; ;
Distribution date: 28 November 2013
Products Covered: HS tariff subheadings 3810.90.10.00; 3810.90.20.00; 8311.10.00.00; 8311.20.00.00; 8311.30.00.00; 8311.90.00.00
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
; ; ;The Republic of Ecuador hereby advises that the first revision (1R) of Technical Regulation (RTE) No. 040 "Welding of steel structures" of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (INEN), notified in document G/TBT/N/ECU/40/Add.1 of 4 September 2009, was issued pursuant to Resolution No. 13 375 of 22 October 2013 of the Under-Secretariat for Quality of the Ministry of Industry and Productivity, published in Official Journal No. 124 of 15 November 2013. ; ;Text available from: ;Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) ;Subsecretaría de la Calidad (Under-Secretariat for Quality) ;Organismo Nacional encargado de la Notificación (National Notification Authority) ; ;Contact person: Marlon Martínez B. ;Yánez Pinzón No. 26-12 y Av. Colón, Edf. Rigel ;Quito, Ecuador ;Tel.: +593 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358/2255 ;Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; ;
Distribution date: 28 November 2013
Products Covered: HS tariff subheadings 3810.90.10.00; 3810.90.20.00; 8311.10.00.00; 8311.20.00.00; 8311.30.00.00; 8311.90.00.00
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
KS 2516:2013 Shellac varnish Specifications (12 pages in English)
Distribution date: 28 November 2013 | Final date for Comment: 27 January 2014
<span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">P</span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-face:Arial;"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">rescribes the requirement and methods of sampling and test for shellac <span> </span>varnish used for protection and decoration of wooden surfaces</span></span>
Products Covered: Varnishes (HS: 3208; ICS: 87.040)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
KS 2516:2013 Shellac varnish Specifications (12 pages in English)
Distribution date: 28 November 2013 | Final date for Comment: 27 January 2014
<span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">P</span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-face:Arial;"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">rescribes the requirement and methods of sampling and test for shellac <span> </span>varnish used for protection and decoration of wooden surfaces</span></span>
Products Covered: Varnishes (HS: 3208; ICS: 87.040)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
KS 2512:2013 Packaging Flexible packaging material Determination of residual solvents by dynamic headspace gas chromatography Absolute method (6 pages in English)
Distribution date: 28 November 2013 | Final date for Comment: 27 January 2014
<span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">D</span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:9pt;">escribes methods for the quantitative determination of residual solvents in flexible packaging by dynamic headspace chromatography where the chemical identities of the residual solvents to be determined are known before commencing the analysis.</span></span></span>
Products Covered: Packaging materials (HS: 481920; ICS: 85.060)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
KS 2512:2013 Packaging Flexible packaging material Determination of residual solvents by dynamic headspace gas chromatography Absolute method (6 pages in English)
Distribution date: 28 November 2013 | Final date for Comment: 27 January 2014
<span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">D</span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:9pt;">escribes methods for the quantitative determination of residual solvents in flexible packaging by dynamic headspace chromatography where the chemical identities of the residual solvents to be determined are known before commencing the analysis.</span></span></span>
Products Covered: Packaging materials (HS: 481920; ICS: 85.060)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano de Emergencia RTE INEN 093 "Productos Cosméticos" (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 93: "Cosmetic products") (13 pages, in Spanish). ;
Distribution date: 22 November 2013
The notified Emergency Technical Regulation covers the following: Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Product requirements; Labelling requirements; Sampling; Conformity assessment tests; Reference documents; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; and Liability of conformity assessment bodies. ; ;
Products Covered: 3303.00.00.00, 3304.10.00.00, 3304.20.00.00, 3304.30.00.00, 3304.91.00.00, 3305.10.00.00, 3305.20.00.00, 3305.30.00.00, 3305.90.00.00, 3306.10.00.00, 3306.90.00.00, 3307.10.00.00, 3307.20.00.00, 3307.30.00.00 and 3307.90.90.00 ;
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano de Emergencia RTE INEN 093 "Productos Cosméticos" (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 93: "Cosmetic products") (13 pages, in Spanish). ;
Distribution date: 22 November 2013
The notified Emergency Technical Regulation covers the following: Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Product requirements; Labelling requirements; Sampling; Conformity assessment tests; Reference documents; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; and Liability of conformity assessment bodies. ; ;
Products Covered: 3303.00.00.00, 3304.10.00.00, 3304.20.00.00, 3304.30.00.00, 3304.91.00.00, 3305.10.00.00, 3305.20.00.00, 3305.30.00.00, 3305.90.00.00, 3306.10.00.00, 3306.90.00.00, 3307.10.00.00, 3307.20.00.00, 3307.30.00.00 and 3307.90.90.00 ;
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano de Emergencia RTE INEN 088, "Agentes de Tensión Superficial" (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 088: "Surface tension agents") (11 pages, in Spanish) ;
Distribution date: 22 November 2013
The notified emergency Technical Regulation covers the following: Purpose; Scope; Definitions; General conditions; Requirements; Labelling requirements; Sampling; Conformity assessment tests; Reference documents; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; and Liability of conformity assessment bodies. ; ;
Products Covered: 34.01.11.00, 34.01.19.00, 34.01.19.10, 34.01.19.90, 34.01.20.00, 34.01.30.00, 34.02.11.10, 34.02.11.90, 34.02.12.10, 34.02.12.90, 34.02.13.10, 34.02.13.90, 34.02.19.10, 34.02.19.90, 34.02.20.00, and 34.05.40.00. ;
Regulation Type: Regular notification
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