. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ECU/81 
22 November 2011 
 (11-6100) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   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 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:  
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):   Tariff 
subheadings 3924.10.10.00, 4014.90.00.00 and 7013.99.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN  065 "Chupetes para bebes y niños pequeños"  
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuador ian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) 
No. 065:  "Dummies/pacifiers for babies and young children") (9 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/81 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation on dummies/pacifiers for 
babies and young children covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  Product 
requirements;  Packing, packaging and la belling requirements;  Conformity assessment 
tests;  Sampling;  Regulatory documents cons ulted or serving as refere nces;  Demonstration 
of compliance with the Ecuadorian Technical  Regulation;  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 establishes the requirements to be met 
by dummies/pacifiers for babies and young children with a view to preventing risks to 
human life and health and practices likely to mislead users. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mipro.gob.ec/  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec/ ; 
2. proposal and basic document:  PRTE INEN 065 "Chupetes para bebes y niños 
pequeños"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PRTE INEN) No. 065:  "Dummies/pacifiers for babies and young children"); 
3. publication in which Technical Regulati on 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 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulation 
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: 
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 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.gov.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/