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13 December 2023  
(23-8541) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 1 2 December 2 023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Ecuador . 
 
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Title: 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  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:  
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 27 November 2 023 
[ ] Text of final measure available from1: 
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:  
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed and text available from1: 
New deadline for comments (if applicable):  
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1: 
[X] Other:  
The measure will come into effect on 27  November  2023 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/ECU/23_14497_00_s.pdf  
 
Description : 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  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final measure/change to the measure/interpretative guidance can be 
obtained.  G/TBT/N/ECU/520/Add.1  
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  By means of this Addendum No. 1, the Republic of Ecuador advises that the amendment to the 
Substitute Sanitary Technical Regulations for the control of products for use and consumption subject 
to sanitary control and surveillance and considered to be counterfeit or substandard has been issued 
pursuant to Resolution ARCSA -DE-2023-023-AKRG of 8 Nove mber 2 023 by the National Agency for 
Sanitary Regulation, Control and Surveillance (ARCSA, Doctor Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez), in order to 
facilitate trade . The notified Sanitary Technical Regulations will enter into force on the date of 
publication in the Of ficial Journal (2 7 November 2 023).  
Text available from : Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca  (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries), Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat 
for Quality), Organismo Nacional de Notificación  (National Notification Authority):  
TBT enquiry point : Eduardo Yépez  
Plataforma Gubernamental de Gestión Financiera - Piso 8 Bloque amarillo Av . Amazonas entre Unión 
Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira  
Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.: (+593-2) 3948760, Ext. 2252/2254  
Email:  
Puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
PuntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
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