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EcuadorProposed measure, open for comments

Proposed measure: Ecuador

Draft 'Partial Reform to the Sanitary Technical Regulation for post-registration or post-notification quality control analysis of products for human use and consumption subject to sanitary control and surveillance'

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Proyecto de 'Reforma Parcial a la Normativa Técnica Sanitaria para el análisis de control de calidad posregistro o posnotificación de los productos de uso y consumo humano sujetos a control y vigilancia sanitaria'

Ecuador notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 7 October 2026. Comments are open until 6 December 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Laboratory glassware and related apparatus (ICS Code(s): 71.040.20)

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Vidrio de laboratorio y aparatos conexos (Código(s) de la ICS: 71.040.20)

Notifying member
Ecuador
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Consumer information, labelling
  • Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/ECU/560

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 6 December 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
6 months from adoption

How to comment

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 6 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/ECU/560 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Ecuador.

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What the notification says

The notified draft partial amendment to the Technical Health Regulations for the post-registration or post-notification quality control analysis of products for human use and consumption subject to health controls and surveillance establishes the procedure and conditions under which the National Agency for Health Surveillance, Regulation and Control (ARCSA), Doctor Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez, will use laboratory analysis services provided by conformity assessment bodies (CABs) accredited by the Ecuadorian Accreditation Service (SAE) and registered with ARCSA, for the post-registration or post-notification quality control of products for human use and consumption subject to health controls and surveillance.G/TBT/N/ECU/560- 2 - Compliance with the Technical Health Regulations is mandatory for ARCSA officials; for holders of a health registration, mandatory health authorization, health notification or a unique GMP code; and for CABs accredited by the SAE and registered with ARCSA that conduct the post-registration or post-notification quality control of products for human use and consumption subject to health controls and surveillance.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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