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Ref : EIC 419/2
19 February 2009
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 96/2009
Ecuador : Conformity Certification Requirement
The Ecuadorian National Quality Council (Consejo Nacional de la Calidad) announced that certain goods shipped to Ecuador on or after 1 December 2008 must demonstrate their compliance with Ecuadorian technical regulations, mandatory standards and/or international standards by means of a certificate of conformity. Ecuador will accept certificates of conformity issued by inspection bodies whose accreditation is recognized by the Ecuadorian Accreditation Body. Products such as apparel and textile articles, footwear, certain iron, steel and aluminum articles, certain machinery, mechanical appliances and electrical machinery and equipment, etc. are covered by the new requirement.
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Details of the Ecuadorian certification requirement and the list of goods affected are available in the relevant Ecuadorian resolutions, which can be retrieved from:
No. 001-2008:
http://www.oae.gov.ec//archivos/otros/Resoluciones001_002_CONCAL.PDF
No. 003-2008:
http://www.oae.gov.ec/archivos/otros/Resolucion_%20003_CONCAL.pdf
- To clarify the relevance of the new requirements to their exports to Ecuador and/or to obtain further information on the detailed requirements, traders are advised to approach their importers in Ecuador.
ENQUIRIES
- For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss WONG Ying)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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