G/TBT/N/ECU/256  
 
6 June 2014  
(14-3312)  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.normalizacion.gob.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority design ated 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. 2358/2253 
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 where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   HS tariff 
subheadings 4202.11.10, 4202.11.90, 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:   Proyecto de 
PRTE INEN 157 "Etiquetado de Productos de Marroquinería" (Draft Technical Regulation 
of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (P RTE INEN) No. 157: "Labe lling of articles of 
leather") (8 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; 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 labelling and marking G/TBT/N/ECU/256 
 
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  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.normalizacion.gob.ec ;   
2. Proposal and basic document: PRTE INEN 157 "Etiquetado de Productos de 
Marroquineria" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 157: "Labelling of articles of leather");  
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 30 May 2014 Six months after adoption     
10. Final date for comments:   28 August 2014 
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 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