. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/51 
10 December 2009 
 (09-6414) 
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) 2501885 
Fax: (593-2) 2567815 
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 authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above: 
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio  (Trade Policy Directorate) 
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) 2566041, Ext. 284 
Fax: (593-2) 2504922 
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 applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   73170000, 73130010, 
73130090, 72171000, 72172000, 73143100, 73144100 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   PRTE INEN 045
"Productos de alambre" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization
Institute (RTE INEN) No. 045:  "Wire products") (8 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Regulati on on wire products covers the 
following:  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  General requirements;  Classification;  La belling 
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. G/TBT/N/ECU/51 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The notified draft Regulation lays down the technical requirements to be met by wire 
products with a view to ensuring national secu rity, protecting human and animal life, and 
preventing practices likely to mislead and harm end 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 Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (RTE IN EN) No. 045:  "Wire products"). 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulat ion 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) 2566041, Ext. 284 
Fax: (593-2) 2504922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gov.ec;  mepoveda@mipro.gov.ec Website: http://www.mipro.gov.ec/