. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/24 
21 May 2007 
 (07-2070) 
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 2501885 
Fax: (+593) 2 2567815 
E-mail: furresta@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:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Under-Secretariat of Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad  (Ministry of Industry and Competitiveness) 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593) 2 2566041, Ext. 161 
Fax: (+593) 2 2504922 E-mail: abarbosa@micip.gov.ec;  mepoveda@micip.gov.ec Web site: www.micip.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):   72104100, 72106900, 
72107090 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTE INEN 025 para 
paneles de acero, sean de fabricación nacional  o importados, que se comercialicen en la 
República del Ecuador  (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation RTE 
INEN 025 on domestically pr oduced or imported steel panels  marketed in the Republic of 
Ecuador) (5 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/24 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
scope;  definitions;  general conditions;  requirements;  packaging and labelling 
requirements;  conformity assessment tests;  demonstration of compliance;  reference standards;  administrative procedures;  in spection and supervisory authority;  penalty 
regime;  liability of conformity assessment bodies;   review and updating;  and deregulation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 To establish the technical requirements for steel panels with a view to protecting 
life, the environment and geographical conditions  and preventing practices likely to mislead 
and harm end-users, thus ensuring their safety at national level. 
8. Relevant documents:  
Publication where the notice appears:  Available at http://www.micip.gov.ec  and 
http://www.in en.gov.ec; 
Proposal and basic document:  Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation 
RTE INEN 025 on steel panels; 
Publication in which the proposal will appear following adoption:  Registro Oficial  (Official 
Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulati on by the WTO Secretariat 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones 
Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593) 2 2566041, Ext. 161 Fax: (+593) 2 2504922 E-mail: abarbosa@micip.gov.ec Web site: www.micip.gov.ec  
Regulatory Agency: 
Instituto Ecuatoria no de Normalización 
Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593) 2 2528556 / 2501885 to 2501887