G/TBT/N/ECU/167  
11 February 2014  
(14-0817)  Page: 1/2  
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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Diego de Almagro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: +593 2 250-1885 
Fax: +593 2 256-7815 
Email: puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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 la Calidad (Under-Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad , MIPRO (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: +593 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358 
Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
 puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.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 wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable):  HS tariff 
subheadings 3405.10.00, 3405.20.00 and 3405.90.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto 
de Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 164 "Ceras para Pisos y Betunes" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) 
No. 164: "Waxes for floors and polishes") (6 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Classification; Requirements; Labelling requirements; 
Sampling; Conformity assessment tests; Regulatory documents consulted or serving as references; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; 
Penalty regime; Liability of conformity a ssessment bodies; and Review and Updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following domestically 
produced or imported products that are marketed in Ecuador: 
- Organic and inorganic solvent-based floor waxes and water emulsion-based floor 
waxes; G/TBT/N/ECU/167 
- 2 - 
  - Polishes; 
It does not apply to artificial waxes or prepared waxes. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: PRTE INEN 164 "Ceras para Pisos y Betunes" 
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) 
No. 164: "Waxes for floors and polishes"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: 
Registro Oficial (Official Journal).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days as from 6 February 2014. Six months after adoption. 
10. Final date for comments:  7 May 2014  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body: 
Contact point and/or National enquiry point: 
Subsecretaría de la Calidad 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: +593 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358 Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
 puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec