G/TBT/N/ECU/117/Rev.1  
6 March 2018  
(18-1384) Page: 1/2 
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  
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 
addres ses, 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)  
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) : 
3401191000, 3401300000, 3402200000, 3402909900 and 3405400000.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 088 (1R) "Agentes  de tensión 
superficial"  (Draft revision of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation 
(RTE INEN) No. 088 (1R), "Surface tension agents") (8 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft revision covers the following : Purpose; Scope; 
Definitions ; 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.  G/TBT/N/ECU/117/Rev.1  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by 
surface tension agents intended for use, with a view to protecting the environment and 
prevent ing practices likely to mislead 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 Reglamento Técnico 
Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 088 (1R) "Agentes de tensión superficial"  (Draft revision of 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (RTE INEN) No. 088 
(1R), "Surface tension agents")  
3. Publication in which Technical Re gulation will be published when adopted : Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal).  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : Date of publication in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments : 27 May 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:  
Juan Carlos Cadena  
Subsecretaría de la Calidad  
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad (MIPRO)  
Plataforma Gubernamental de Gestión Financiera - Piso 8 Bloque amarillo  
Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional d e 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