. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/65 
16 December 2010 
 (10-6772) 
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:  
INEN - Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización  (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
Baquerizo E8 29 y Almagro 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593-2) 2501885 Fax: (593-2) 2567815 E-mail: baguilera@inen.gob.ec
 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, 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 for Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593-2) 2546690, Ext. 284 Fax: (593-2) 2504922 
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):   99000000 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 004 "Señalización vial.  Parte 1:  
Señalización Vertical" (Primera Revisión ) (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute RTE INEN No. 004 "R oad signs.  Part 1:  Vertical signposting" 
(First Revision)) (212 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/65 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation on vertical signposting 
sets forth the following:  purpose;  scope;  definitions;  general provisions;  specific provisions;  specific regulatory provisions;  specific provisions for prevention;  specific provisions for information signs;  signs and devices for road works and special purposes;  specific provisions for school areas, tourist and service signs;  signs and devices for areas at 
risk;  regulatory and reference documents c onsulted;  demonstration of compliance;  
conformity assessment and certification bodies;  inspection and/or supe rvisory aut hority;  
type of inspection and/or monitoring;  pena lty regime;  liability of conformity assessment 
bodies;  and review and updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Ecuadorian Technical Regula tion establishes the requirements to be met 
by traffic-control devices, and the principles fo r their use, with a view to enhancing road 
safety and efficiency across the country through the organized movement of all road users. 
8. Relevant documents:  
- Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mipro.gob.ec ;  http://www.inen.gob.ec ; 
- Proposal and basic document:  RTE INEN No. 004, Part 1; 
- Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted:  
Registro Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days as from the date of circulation by the 
WTO Secretariat 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the date of circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 
Subsecretaria de Comercio e Inversiones Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593-2) 2546690, Ext. 284 
Fax: (593-2) 2504922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec
 
Website: http://www.mipro.gob.ec  
 
Regulatory body: 
INEN – Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización Baquerizo E8 29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593-2) 2501885 
Fax: (593-2) 2567815 
E-mail: baguilera@inen.gob.ec