WTO notification · TBT
EcuadorProposed measure, open for comments
Draft 'Substitute Sanitary Technical Regulation to classify general medicines for human use, processed natural products for medicinal use and homeopathic medicines as over-the-counter'
Proyecto de 'Normativa Técnica Sanitaria Sustitutiva para clasificar los medicamentos en general de uso humano, productos naturales procesados de uso medicinal y medicamentos homeopáticos como de venta libre'
Ecuador notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 14 September 2026. Comments are open until 13 November 2026.
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Draft 'Substitute Sanitary Technical Regulation to classify general medicines for human use, processed natural products for medicinal use and homeopathic medicines as over-the-counter', which aims to establish technical criteria, regulatory provisions
Proyecto de 'Normativa Técnica Sanitaria Sustitutiva para clasificar los medicamentos en general de uso humano, productos naturales procesados de uso medicinal y medicamentos homeopáticos como de venta libre', la misma que tiene como finalidad establecer los criterios técnicos, disposiciones regulat
Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 13 November 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/ECU/559 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Ecuador.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)The notified draft Substitute Sanitary Technical Regulations on the classification of medicines in general for human use, processed natural products for medicinal use and homeopathic medicines as over-the-counter medicines are intended to establish the technical criteria and regulatory provisions for the classification, reclassification, review, updating and control of medicines in general, processed natural products for medicinal use and homeopathic medicines classified as over-the-counter medicines in the national territory.The provisions established in these Regulations are mandatory and apply to natural and legal persons, whether national or foreign, involved in the manufacture, importation, storage, distribution, marketing, dispensing, control and surveillance of medicines in general, processed natural products for medicinal use and homeopathic medicines classified as over-the-counter medicines in the national territory.
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WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for commentsNew
Ecuador notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 26 October 2026. Comments are open until 25 December 2026.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/ECU/402Comments until 25 December 2026
WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for commentsNew
Ecuador notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 26 October 2026. Comments are open until 13 November 2026.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/ECU/401Comments until 13 November 2026
WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for commentsNew
Ecuador notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 26 October 2026. Comments are open until 13 November 2026.
No products listed by the notifying member
Symbol: G/SPS/N/ECU/400Comments until 13 November 2026
WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for commentsNew
Ecuador notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 26 October 2026. Comments are open until 13 November 2026.
No products listed by the notifying member
Symbol: G/SPS/N/ECU/399Comments until 13 November 2026
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