G/TBT/N/ECU/193  
19 February 2014  
(14-1035)  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 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: 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 wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable):  HS tariff 
subheadings 4202.11.10, 4202.11.90, 4202.12, 4202.12.10, 4202.12.90, 4202.21.00, 
4202.22.00, 4202.29.00, 4202.31.00, 4202.32.00, 4202.39.00, 4202.91.10, 4202.91.90, 4202.92.00, 4202.99.10 and 4202.99.90 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  REGLAMENTO 
TÉCNICO ECUATORIANO EMERGENTE RTE INEN 157 "ETIQUETADO Y ROTULADO 
DE MARROQUINERÍA" (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (RTE INEN) No. 157: "Labelling and marking of articles of leather") (10 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Labelling requirements; Sampling; Regulatory documents 
serving as references; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection 
authority; Penalty regime; and Liability of conformity assessment bodies. G/TBT/N/ECU/193 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified Technical Regulation lays down the labelling and marking 
requirements to be met by domestically produced or imported leather articles marketed 
in Ecuador, with a view to preventing practices likely to mislead or deceive consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: RTE INEN EMERGENTE 157 "ETIQUETADO Y ROTULADO 
DE MARROQUINERÍA" (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 157: "Labe lling and marking of articles 
of leather"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: 
Registro Oficial (Official Journal) No. 180 (10 February 2014). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   10 February 2014 
In force 
10. Final date for comments:  - 
11. Texts available from: National enquir y point [X] or address, telephone and 
fax numbers and email and website addre sses, 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: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec