. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/49 
2 October 2009 
 (09-4701) 
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:  
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593 2) 250-1885 Fax: (593 2) 256-7815 E-mail: baguilera@inen.gov.ec Website: http://www.inen.gov.ec/
 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority 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  (Undersecretariat for Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Avdas. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593 2) 256-6041, 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 [ 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):   87021010, 87021090, 
87029091, 87029099, 87060091, 87060092, 87060099, 87079010, 87079090 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 043:  "Bus interprovincial e intraprovincial" 
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuador ian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) 
No. 043:  "Interprovincial and intraprovi ncial buses") (25 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/49 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation on inter-provincial and 
intraprovincial buses covers the following:  Pu rpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  Requirements;  
Conformity assessment tests;  Regulatory docum ents consulted or serving as references;  
Demonstration of compliance;  Conformity assessment and certification bodies;  Inspection 
and/or supervisory authority;  Type of insp ection and/or monitoring;  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 draft Ecuadorian Technical Regula tion lays down the requirements to be met 
by interprovincial and intraprovincial buses fo r mass passenger transport with a view to 
protecting human life and safety, the envir onment and property, and preventing deceptive 
practices likely to mislead manufacturers and users. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mipro.gov.ec ;  http://www.inen.gov.ec . 
2. Proposal and basic document:  Draft T echnical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 043:  "Interprovincial and intraprovincial 
buses"). 
3. Publication in which Technical Regula tion will be published when adopted:  Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days as from the date of circulation 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of circulation. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the 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 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593 2) 256-6041, Ext. 284 Fax: (593 2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gov.ec;  mepoveda@mipro.gov.ec 
Website: http://www.mipro.gov.ec