WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/7 
6 January 2006 
 (06-0029) 
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:    
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Indu strialización, Pesca y Competitividad  (Ministry of 
Foreign Trade, Industrialization, Fisheries and Competitiveness)  
Subsecretaría de Comercio Exterior e Integración  (Under-Secretariat of Foreign Trade and 
Integration) 
Dirección Nacional de Políticas de Comercio Exterior  (National Directorate of Foreign Trade 
Policy) Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593 2) 256-6041, Ext. 161 
Fax: (+593 2) 254-1984 
E-mail: abarbosa@micip.gov.ec Website: www.micip.gov.ec 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute)  
Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593 2) 252-8556 / 250-1885 to 250-1887 
Fax: (+593 2) 256-7815 
E-mail: furresta@inen.gov.ec 
Website: www.inen.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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Labelling and marking of 
textiles, articles of apparel, footwear and accessories thereof (HS tariff subheadings 4202.0000, 4203.0000, 4303.0000, 6100.0000, 6200.0000, 6300.0000, 6400.0000, 9404.1000, 9404.2100, 9404.2900, 9404.3000 and 9404.9000) 
     
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5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Acuerdo 
del Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industria lización, Pesca y Competitividad, relativo al 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 013 para  el etiquetado y rotulado de textiles, 
prendas de vestir, calzado y accesorios afines   (Draft Agreement of the Ministry of Foreign 
Trade, Industrialization, Fisheries and Competitiveness with regard to Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute Technical Regula tion RTE INEN 013 on the labelling and marking 
of textiles, articles of apparel, footwear a nd accessories thereof)  (16 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:    
− The notified draft Ecuadorian Technical Regu lation lays down the minimum requirements 
for the labelling and marking of textiles, arti cles of apparel, footwear and accessories 
thereof for final consumption marketed in Ec uador, with a view to protecting human 
health, preventing practices likely to mislead consumers and protecting the environment. 
− The draft Regulation covers the tariff classi fication, definitions, general requirements, 
specific requirements, conformity assessment tests, demonstration of compliance, 
administrative procedure for verifying comp liance with this Regulation, control and 
supervisory authority, penalty regime, liabilit y of conformity assessment bodies, review 
and updating, deregulation, and entry into force.  
− This draft Regulation provides that the labe lling and marking of textiles, articles of 
apparel, footwear and accessories thereof must demonstrate compliance with the following Ecuadorian Technical Standards:  NTE INEN 257, NTE INEN 877, NTE 
INEN 1.873, NTE INEN 1.874, NTE INEN  1.875, NTE INEN 1.920, NTE INEN 
1.921, NTE INEN 1.926, NTE INEN 1.950 and NTE INEN 1.951. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health, prevention of fraud or misrepresentation ar ising from misleading 
advertising or labelling, a nd environmental protection.  
8. Relevant documents:    
1. Publication in which notice appears:  htt: //www.micip.gov.ec and htt://www.inen.gov.ec 
2. Proposal and basic document:  Ecuadori an Standardization Institute Technical 
Regulation RTE INEN 013 
3. Publication in which proposal will appear following adoption:  Registro Oficial  (Official 
Journal) 
4. Labelling of textiles, articles of appa rel and accessories thereof: International 
Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standard ISO 3758 / Ecuadorian Technical 
Standards NTE INEN 1.875; NTE INEN 1.873 and NTE INEN 1.874;  
Labelling of footwear:  NTE INEN 877, NTE INEN 1.920, NTE INEN 1.921, NTE 
INEN 1.926 and NTE INEN 1.950; Law No. 21: Ley Orgánica de Defensa del 
Consumidor y su Reglamento  (Organic Law on consumer protection and Regulations 
thereto): Chapter III: Regulación de la publicidad y su contenido  (Regulation of 
advertising and the contents thereof) and Chapter IV: Información básica commercial  
(Basic trade information). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Six months after adoption 
90 days after circulation by the WTO 
Secretariat. 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulati on by the WTO Secretariat.  G/TBT/N/ECU/7 
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site add resses, if available, of other body:    
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrialización, Pesca y Competitividad 
Subsecretaría de Comercio Exterior e Integración Dirección Nacional de Políticas de Comercio Exterior 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593 2) 256-6041, Ext. 161 
Fax: (+593 2) 254-1984 E-mail: abarbosa@micip.gov.ec 
Website: www.micip.gov.ec 
 Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización,  
Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593 2) 252-8556 / 250-1885 to 250-1887 
Fax: (+593 2) 256-7815 E-mail: furresta@inen.gov.ec Website: www.inen.gov.ec