. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/44 
16 April 2009 
 (09-1820) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ECUADOR
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Consejo Nacional de la Calidad , CONCAL (National Quality 
Council) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Website 
addresses, if available) of agency or au thority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio (Directorate of Trade Policy) 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Under-Secretariat for Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad  (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Avdas. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas, Edif. MAGAP 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593 2) 255-1512, ext. 284 Fax: (+593 2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gov.ec
;  mepoveda@mipro.gov.ec  
Website: http://www.mipro.gov.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):   HS tariff subheading 
9900.00.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
Resolución Nº 009-2009 "Marco General Ecuatoriano para la Evaluación de la 
Conformidad" (Resolution No. 009-2009:  General conformity assessment framework for 
Ecuador) (23 pages, in Spanish). 
Resolución Nº 010-2009 "Procedimiento para la obtención del Certificado de 
Reconocimiento (Formulario INEN 1)" (Resolution No. 010-2009:  Procedure for obtaining 
a certificate of recognition (Form INEN 1)) (8 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  
- The marketing of products manufactured in  Ecuador or abroad are required to 
demonstrate compliance by means of a certificate issued by duly accredited and 
recognized conformity assessment bodies; 
- procedure for obtaining a certificate of recognition (Form INEN 1). G/TBT/N/ECU/44 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To safeguard against and prevent threats to cons umer interests, in a stable and predictable 
environment chiefly based on trust and quality, so  as to ensure the defence of Ecuador's 
legitimate right to protect human, animal a nd plant health and the environment and to 
prevent practices likely to mislead Ecuadorian consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   National Quality Council (CONCAL) Resolutions Nos. 009-2009 
and 010-2009, published in the Special Supplement to Official Journal No. 563 of 3 April 2009.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   12 March 2009 
Immediately 
10. Final date for comments:   - 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad 
Avdas. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas, Edif. MAGAP 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593 2) 255-1512, ext. 284 Fax: (+593 2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gov.ec
;  mepoveda@mipro.gov.ec  
Website: http://www.mipro.gov.ec