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Ecuador has three main documents that together establish the rules for chemical industry in the country:
- Technical Regulation 078 on transport, storage, and management of hazardous materials
- Acuerdo Ministerial 099 on instructions for the registration of hazardous chemical substances and environmental obligations
- Decreto 752/2019 that states the creation of a chemical inventory and a chemical registry
Additionally, Ecuador is part of the Andean Community, which indicates that the communal regulation for chemical pesticides for agriculture is in place (Resolución 2.075/2019).
News
Ecuador Publishes Draft Framework to Streamline Health Product Registration
Jul-22-2025
The Ecuadorian National Agency for Regulation, Control, and Health Surveillance (ARCSA) has issued a resolution introducing new reforms to the technical sanitary regulations for the registration of health products. The reform,...
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Ecuador Implements New Sanitary Technical Regulations for Medicines
In a major regulatory move aimed at strengthening public health safeguards, the National Agency for Regulation, Control, and Sanitary Surveillance (ARCSA) has issued Resolution ARCSA-DE-2024-058-DASP, enacting new technical regulations for the...
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