. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/50 
11 December 2009 
 (09-6425) 
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):   9613.10.00, 9613.20.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTE INEN 044 
"Encendedores" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(RTE INEN) No. 044:  "Cigarette lighters") (6 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation on cigarette lighters 
covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  General requirements;  Product 
requirements;  Packing, packaging and la belling requirements;  Conformity assessment 
tests;  Sampling;  Regulatory documents cons ulted or serving as references;  Demonstration 
of compliance;  Conformity assessment and certification bodies;  Inspection and/or supervisory authority;  Type of inspection and/ or monitoring;  Penalty regime;  Liability of 
conformity assessment bodies;  and Review and updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/50 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Technical Regulation lays dow n the requirements to be met by cigarette 
lighters with a view to preventing risks to human life and safety and practices likely to mislead 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 INEN) No. 044:  "Cigarette lighters"). 
3. Publication in which Technical Regula tion 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