WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/17 
10 January 2007 
 
 (07-0120) 
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 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.: +(593-2) 2528556, 2501885 to 2501887 
Fax: +(593-2) 2567815 
E-mail: furresta@inen.gov.ec Web site: www.inen.gov.ec 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
National enquiry point: 
Dirección Nacional de Políticas de Comercio Exterior , Subsecretaría de Comercio 
Exterior e Integración , Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrialización, Pesca y 
Competitividad  (National Directorate of Foreign Trade Policy, Under-Secretariat of 
Foreign Trade and Integration, Ministry of Fo reign Trade, Industrialization, Fisheries and 
Competitiveness) Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.:  +(593-2) 2 566041, ext. 161 
Fax: +(593-2) 2 541984 
E-mail: abarbosa@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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   8701.00.00, 8702.00.00, 
8703.00.00, 8704.00.00, 8705.00.00, 8706.00.00 and 8711.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN  017 para el control de emisiones 
contaminantes de fuentes móviles terrestres  (Draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE 
INEN 017 on the Control of Pollutant Emissions from Land-Based Mobile Sources) 
(9 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/17 
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  6. Description of content:    
 - This draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulation sets forth the procedures for 
controlling pollutant emissions from la nd-based mobile sources, so as to 
protect human, animal and plant life and health, and the environment, without impairing the efficiency of motor vehicles. 
 
 - This draft Regulation applies to both imported and domestically 
manufactured motor vehicles. 
  - This draft Regulation applies to special purpose transport vehicles such as 
breakdown vehicles, crane lorries, fire -fighting vehicles, concrete-mixer 
lorries, refuse-collection lorries, road -sweeping vehicles, spraying vehicles, 
mobile workshop vehicles, mobile radi ological units, dumpers and the like. 
  - This draft Regulation does not appl y to self-propelled land-based mobile 
units that run on rails, road-maintenance machinery, construction 
machinery, industrial machinery or agricultural machinery. 
  - This draft Regulation does not apply to classic motor vehicles, racing 
vehicles, or vehicles which enter Ecuador for tourism purposes. 
 
 - This draft Regulation on the control of pollutant emissions from land-based 
mobile sources covers the following:   Scope and tariff classification, 
definitions, general conditions, require ments, conformity assessment tests, 
reference standards to be consulte d, proof of conformity with the 
Regulation, the administrative procedure for verifying compliance with the 
Regulation, conformity assessment bodies, inspection and supervisory 
authority, penalties, responsibility of conformity assessment bodies, review and updating, deregulation and entry into force. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:     
 To protect human, animal and plant life  and health, and the environment, without 
impairing the efficiency of motor vehicles. 
8. Relevant documents:    
 1. Publication in which the notice appears: http://www.inen.gov.ec  
       http://www.micip.gov.ec  
 2. Proposal and basic document:  Ec uadorian Technical Regulation RTE-017 
 3. Publication in which proposal will appear following adoption: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal) 
 4. Otto engine-powered vehicles circula ting in national territory must meet all 
the requirements set forth in section 6 of the existing NTE INEN 2 204; 
diesel-powered vehicles circulating in national territory must meet all the 
requirements set forth in section 6 of the existing NTE INEN 2 207.  
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 circulation by the WTO Secretariat  G/TBT/N/ECU/17 
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  11. Texts available from National enquiry po int [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site add resses, if available, of other body:    
National enquiry point: 
 Dirección Nacional de Políticas de Comercio Exterior 
Subsecretaría de Comercio Exterior e Integración 
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrialización, Pesca y Competitividad Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.:  +(593-2) 2566041/ Ext. 161 
Fax:  + (593-2) 2541984 
E-mail: abarbosa@micip.gov.ec Web site: www.micip.gov.ec  
or 
 Regulatory body: Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Almagro 
Quito, Ecuador 
 Tel.:  +(593-2) 2528556, 2501885 to 2501887 Fax:  + (593-2) 2567815 
E-mail: furresta@inen.gov.ec Web site: www.inen.gov.ec