G/TBT/N/ECU/207  
5 March 2014  
(14-1329)  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 or 2253 
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 4818.10.00.00, 4818.30.00.00 and 4818.90.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto 
de PRTE INEN 132 "PRODUCTOS ABSORBENTES DE PAPEL" (Draft Technical Regulation 
of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 132: "Absorbent paper 
products") (5 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Technical Regulation 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 Review and Updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified Technical Regulation lays down the requirements to be met 
by the following domestically produced or imported absorbent paper products for household or sanitary purposes that are marketed in Ecuador: G/TBT/N/ECU/207 
- 2 - 
  - toilet paper 
- paper serviettes. 
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 132 "PRODUCTOS ABSORBENTES 
DE PAPEL" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PRTE INEN) No. 132: "Absorbent paper products"); 
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 26 February 2014. Three months after adoption.  
10. Final date for comments:  27 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 or 2253 Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec