G/TBT/N/ECU/379  
24 April 2019 
(19-2723) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : ECUADOR  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2  and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960 to 90  
Website: http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOT CECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may  be provided in addition, where applicable) : 870220 - 
With both compression -ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi -diesel) 
and electric motor as motors for propulsion ; 870230 - With both spark -ignition internal 
combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion ; 
870240 - With only electric motor for propulsion ; Motor vehicles for the transport of ten 
or more persons, including the driver (HS 8702).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified  document : Proyecto de 
Tercera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 041 (3R) "Vehículos de 
transporte comercial de pasajeros escolar e institucional"  (Draft third revision (3R) of 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation P RTE INEN No. 041 "School 
and institutional commercial passenger transport vehicles") (28 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/379  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by school and institutional commercial passenger transport vehicles, prior to 
the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human 
safety and the environme nt, and preventing misleading practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to school and institutional commercial passenger 
transport vehicles that are to be incorporated into the Ecuadorian motor vehicle fleet, 
whether imported into, assembled or manufactured in the country.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of misleading practices ; consumer protection ; protection of 
human health and safety ; protection of the environment.  
8. Relevant  documents:  
Regulatory references:  
1. ISO 612:1978 - Road vehicles - Dimensions of motor vehicles and towed vehicles 
- Terms and definitions;  
2. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes 
- Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed  by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot 
inspection;  
3. ISO 3795:1989, Road vehicles, and tractors and machinery for agriculture and 
forestry - Determination of burning behaviour of interior materials;  
4. ISO 3833:2008, Road vehicles - Types - Terms and definitions;  
5. ISO/IEC 17020:2012, Conformity assessment - Requirements for the operation of 
various types of bodies performing inspection;  
6. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requ irements;  
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 960:1983, Vehículos automotores . 
Determinación de la potencia neta del motor ; 
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1155 (2R):2009, Vehículos automotores . 
Dispositivos para mantener o mejorar la visibilidad ; 
9. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1323 (1R):2009, Vehículos automotores . 
Carrocerías de buses . Requisitos ; 
10. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1668 (1R):2015+Corrigendo 1:2015, 
Vehículos de transporte público de pasajeros intrar regional, interprovincial e 
intraprovincial . Requisitos ; 
11. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1669 (1R):2015+Enmienda 1:2015, 
Vidrios de seguridad para automotores . Requisitos ; 
12. Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation RTE INEN 004 
(1R):2011, Señalización vial . Parte 1 : Señalización vertical ; 
13. Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation RTE INEN 017 
(1R):2019, Control de emisiones contaminantes de fuentes móviles terrestres ; 
14. Ecuadorian Standardization I nstitute Technical Regulation RTE INEN 034 
(5R):2019, Elementos mínimos de seguridad en vehículos automotores.  
15. German Standard DIN 6164, DIN Farbenkarte.  
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/47  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/47/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/47/Add.2  G/TBT/N/ECU/379  
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  4. G/TBT/N/ECU/47/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/ N/ECU/47/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/47/Add.5  
7. G/TBT/N/ECU/47/Add.6  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 165 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Qu ality) 
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
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