. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/68 
11 February 2011 
 (11-0715) 
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 E8-29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593 2) 250-1885 Fax: (+593 2) 256-7815 
E-mail: baguilera@inen.gob.ec
 
Website: http://www.inen.gob.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:  
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Under-Secretariat for Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad , MIPRO (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593 2) 254-6690, Ext. 284 
Fax: (+593 2) 250-4922 
E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec
 
Website: http://www.mipro.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):   2201.10.00.00, 
2201.90.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE IN EN 055 "Aguas envasadas.  Requisitos" (Draft 
Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Sta ndardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 055:  
"Packaged waters.  Requirements) (8 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/68 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation on packaged waters 
covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  Defi nitions;  General provisions;  Classification;  
Product requirements;  Labelling requirements;  Conformity assessment tests;  Sampling of 
the packaged product;  Regulatory documents  consulted or serving as references;  
Demonstration of compliance with the Ecua dorian Technical Regulation;  Conformity 
assessment and certification bodies;  Inspection and/or supervisory authority;  Type of 
inspection and/or monitoring;  Penalty regime;  Liability of conformity assessment bodies;  Review and updating of the Technical Regulation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by packaged 
waters with a view to preventing risks to human life and health and practices likely to 
mislead or confuse consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mipro.gob.ec  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec ; 
2. Proposal and basic document:  Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No . 055 "Packaged waters.  Requirements"; 
3. Publication in which Technical Regul ation will be published when adopted:  Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days from the date of circulation of the 
notification 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   3 April 2011 
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: 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593-2) 254-6690, Ext. 284 Fax: (+593-2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec
 
Website: http://www.mipro.gob.ec  
Regulatory body: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de  Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593-2) 250-1885 Fax: (+593-2) 256-7815 
E-mail: baguilera@inen.gob.ec
 
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec