G/TBT/N/ECU/195  
27 February 2014  
(14-1193)  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 2501885 Fax: (+593) 2 2567815 
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 3948760, Ext. 2358 
Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2. 10.1 [X], 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): 
9505.10.00.00 and 9505.90.00.00. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Reglamento 
Técnico Ecuatoriano Emergente RTE INEN 135 "Rotulado de artículos para fiestas" 
(Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) 
No. 135: "Labelling of festive articles") (8 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified Emergency Technical Regulation covers the 
following: Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Labelling requirements; Sampling; Reference standards to be consulted; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection 
authority; Penalty regime; and Liability of conformity assessment bodies. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the labelling requirements for 
articles for Christmas festivities, carnival and other festive events, with a view to preventing risks to human life and the environment, and practices likely to mislead users. 
It applies to domestically manufactured and imported articles for Christmas festivities, 
carnival and other festive events, which are marketed in Ecuador. G/TBT/N/ECU/195 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.industrias.gob.ec/, 
 http://www.inen.gob.ec/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano Emergente RTE 
INEN 135 "Rotulado de artículos para fiestas" (Emergency Technical Regulation of 
the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 135: "L abelling of festive 
articles"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulati on will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal) No. 180 of 10 February 2014.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   10 February 2014 
In force. 
10. Final date for comments: Not applicable. 
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 3948760, Ext. 2358 Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/