G/TBT/N/ECU/9/Rev.1  
20 March  2018 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 , SEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Fax: (+593 -2) 2567815  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960  
Fax: (+593 -2) 2567815  
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
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 la Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality),  
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad , MIPRO (Ministry of Industry and Productivity)  
Address : Plataforma Gubernamental de Gestión Financiera - Piso 8, Bloque amarillo, Av . 
Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira  
Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2272 or 2252  
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec , jcadena@mipro.gob.ec , 
cyepez@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) : 40111010, 
40114000, 87141090 and 87149210.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 011 "NEUMATICOS" (Draft revision 
of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (RTE INEN) 011, "PNEUMATIC 
TYRES") (8 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft revision covers the following : Purpose ; Scope; 
Definitions ; Product requirements ; Labelling requirements ; Sampling ; Conformity 
assessment tests ; Reference documents ; Conformity assessment procedure ; Monitoring 
and inspection authority ; Penalty regime ; Liability of conformity assessment bodies ; and 
Transitional provisions  G/TBT/N/ECU/9/Rev.1  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including  the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the product and labelling 
requirements to be met by new pneumatic tyres of rubber for motor vehicles and cycles, 
including with rims, prior to the import, custom s clearance and marketing of the domestic 
or imported product, for the purpose of protecting both the life and integrity of persons 
and the environment, and preventing practices likely to mislead and harm end -users  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/ / 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec;/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document : Proyecto de revisión del RTE INEN RTE INEN 011 
"NEUMATICOS"  (Draft revision of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical 
Regulation (RTE INEN) 011, "PNEUMATIC TYRES")  
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted : Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal).  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 90 days from 1 6 March 2 018 
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 14 June 2 018 
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:  
Ing. Juan Carlos Cadena  
Subsecretaría de la Calidad,  
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad -MIPRO - 
Address : Plataforma Gubernamental de Gestión Financi era - Piso 8, Bloque amarillo, Av . 
Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira Quito - Ecuador  
Tel: (+593 -2) 3948760 ext. 2272, 2252  
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec , jcadena@mipro.gob.ec , 
cyepez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/