G/TBT/N/ECU/340  
4 October 2018  
(18-6122) 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 government involved (Articles 3.2  and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 2501885  
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 del Sistema de la Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Industrias y Producti vidad , MIPRO (Ministry of Industry and Productivity)  
Plataforma financiera entre amazonas y unión de periodistas  
Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2358 or 2253  
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mip ro.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) : 68091100  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuat oriano RTE INEN 239 "Placas de Yeso Laminado"  (Draft 
Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN 239, "Plasterboard") (7 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the technical 
requirements to be met b y plasterboard.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the technical requirements to 
be met by plasterboard, prior to the importation, customs clearance and marke ting of the 
domestic or imported product, with a view to protecting human and animal life, and 
preventing practices likely to mislead consumers.  G/TBT/N/ECU/340  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/ , 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
• Proposal and basic document : Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE 
INEN 239 "Placas de Yeso Laminado"  
• Publication in which Technical R egulation will be published when adopted : 
Registro Oficial  (Official Journal).  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from 1 9 August 2 018 
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days after publication in the Official Journal  
10. Final date for comments : 18 November 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:  
Eduardo Yépez  
Subsecretaría de la Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality),  
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad , MIPRO (Ministry of Industry and Productivity)  
Plataforma financiera entre amazonas y unión de periodistas  
Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.: (+593-2) 3948760, Ext. 2358 or 2253  
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec , eyepez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/  
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