. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/57 
16 December 2009 
 (09-6527) 
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: 
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
 
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   39173100, 40091100, 
73041100, 73041900, 73072100, 73072200, 73072300, 73072900, 73110010, 73110090, 84099191, 84099199, 84814000, 84818080, 84818091, 84818099 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 039 "Funcionamiento de  vehículos con gas 
licuado de petróleo, GLP" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (RTE INEN) No. 039:  "Operation of vehicles powered by liquefied petroleum gas, 
LPG") (7 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/57 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Regulation on the operation of vehicles powered 
by liquefied petroleum gas covers the following:  purpose;  scope;  definitions;  requirements;  labelling requirements;  re gulatory documents consulted 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 assessme nt bodies;  and review and updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified text establishes the technical requirements for the system governing the 
operation of vehicles powered by LPG, with a view to preventing risks to human, animal 
and plant life and health and the environment and property, 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 T echnical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 039:  "Operation of vehicles powered by 
liquefied petroleum gas, LPG". 
3. Publication in which Regulation will be published when adopted:  Registro Oficial  
(Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   Ninety days after the date of circulation  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:  Sixty days after the date of 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: 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/