G/TBT/N/ECU/106  
14 November 2013  
(13-6289)  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) 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro Tel.: +593 2 250-1885 Fax: +593 2 256-7815 
Email: aortiz@inen.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: 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 where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided  in addition, where applicable): 
34.01.11.00, 34.01.19.00, 34.01.19.10, 34.01.19.90, 34.01.20.00, 34.01.30.00, 
34.02.11.10, 34.02.11.90, 34.02.12.10, 34.02.12.90 and 34.02.13.10. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 088 "Agentes de Tensión Superficial" 
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 088: "Surface tension agents") (6 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; General conditions; Requirements; Labelling requirements; 
Sampling; Conformity assessment tests; Reference documents; Conformity assessment 
procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of conformity assessment bodies; and Review and updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/106 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met 
by surface tension agents intended for use, with a view to preventing risks to human 
health and life and the environment, and prac tices likely to mislead and harm end-users. 
It applies to the following products that are domestically produced in, imported into 
or marketed in Ecuador. 
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 088 "Agentes de tensión  superficial" 
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PRTE INEN) No. 088: "Surface tension agents"); 
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 from 11 November 2013. 
Six months after adoption. 
10. Final date for comments: 9 February 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 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: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec