ECU/486
WTO/TBT
EC Ecuador
  • 18 - Cocoa and cocoa preparations
2020-08-25
2020-07-23

Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS 180610); Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg (excluding cocoa powder) (HS 180620); Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing not more than 2 kg, filled (HS 180631); Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing not more than 2 kg, not filled (HS 180632); Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings, of a content not exceeding 2 kg (excluding in blocks, slabs or bars, as well as cocoa powder) (HS 180690)

Proyecto de Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 106 (1R) "Chocolates" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 106 "Chocolate") (8 pages, in Spanish)

The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by chocolate and chocolate products destined for human consumption, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human health and preventing deceptive practices.

It applies to the following products:

·         Chocolate types (composition): Chocolate; chocolate a la taza; sweet chocolate; chocolate familiar a la taza; couverture chocolate; milk chocolate; family milk chocolate; milk chocolate couverture; other chocolate products; white chocolate; gianduja chocolate; gianduja milk chocolate; chocolate para mesa; semi-bitter chocolate para mesa; bitter chocolate para mesa.

·        Chocolate types (form): Chocolate vermicelli and chocolate flakes; milk chocolate vermicelli/milk chocolate flakes; filled chocolate; a chocolate or praline.