. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/28 
21 May 2007 
 
 (07-2073) 
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):   39172100, 39172200, 
39172300, 39172900, 39172990, 39173100, 39173200, 39173290, 39174000 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 030 para tubos y accesorios plásticos, sean de 
fabricación nacional o importados que se co mercialicen en la República del Ecuador  (Draft 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation RTE INEN 030 on domestically 
produced or imported plastic tubes and accesso ries marketed in the Republic of Ecuador) 
(9 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
scope;  definitions;  requirements; conform ity assessment tests;  reference standards; 
demonstration of compliance; administrative procedures;  inspection and supervisory authority;  penalty regime;  liability of conf ormity assessment bodies;  review and updating; 
and deregulation. G/TBT/N/ECU/28 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 To establish the technical and labelling requirements for plastic tubes and 
accessories, with a view to protecting hum an, animal and plant life and health and 
preventing practices likely to mislead and harm end-users. 
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 030 on tubes and plastic accessories; 
 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