. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/52 
10 December 2009 
 (09-6412) 
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 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, 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):   87120000, 87149100, 
87149210, 87149290, 87149300, 87149400, 87149500, 87149600, 87149900 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 046 "R equisitos de seguridad para bicicletas" 
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuador ian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) 
No. 046:  "Safety requirements for bicycles") (5 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/52 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation on safety requirements 
for bicycles covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  Requirements;  Labelling 
requirements;  Conformity assessment tests;  Sampling;  Regulatory documents consulted 
or serving as references;  Demonstration of compliance;  Conformity assessment and 
certification bodies;  Inspection and/or supervis ory authority;  Type of inspection and/or 
monitoring;  Penalty regime;  Liability of conformity assessment bodies;  and Review and 
updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Ecuadorian Technical Regula tion lays down the safety and performance 
requirements to be met by bicycles with a view to preventing risks to human life and safety 
and deceptive practices. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mipro.gov.ec ;  
http://www.inen.gov.ec  
2. Proposal and basic document:  Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 046:  "Safety requirements for 
bicycles"). 
3. Publication in which Technical Regu lation will be published when adopted:  
Registro Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Ninety 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 [ ], 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 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