. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/47 
13 July 2009 
 (09-3390) 
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:  
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio  (Directorate of Trade Policy) 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Under-Secretariat for Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Avda. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas, Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593 2) 255-1512 or 256-6041, Ext. 284 Fax: (593 2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mic.gov.ec;  mepoveda@mic.gov.ec Website: http://www.mipro.gov.ec
 
 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Website 
addresses, if available) of agency or au thority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro, Quito, Ecuador 
Telefax: (593 2) 256-7815 Tel.: (593 2) 250-1885 Fax: (593 2) 256-7815 E-mail: rgallegos@inen.gov.ec 
Website: http://www.inen.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):   8702101080, 
8702101090, 8702109080, 8702109090, 8702909180, 8702909190, 8702909980, 
8702909990, 8706009180, 8706009190, 8706009280, 8706009290, 8706009980, 8706009990, 8707901000, 8707909000  
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico RTE INEN 041 "V ehículos de transporte escolar" (Draft Technical 
Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardi zation Institute (RTE INEN) No. 041:  
School transportation vehicles) (21 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/47 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following:  
scope;  definitions;  classification;  requireme nts;  conformity assessment tests;  other 
aspects. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Ecuadorian Technical Regula tion lays down the requirements to be met 
by school passenger transportation vehicles, with a view to protecting human life and 
safety, the environment and property, and prev enting deceptive practices likely to mislead 
manufacturers and users. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mic.gov.ec/  and http://www.inen.gov.ec . 
2. Proposal and basic document:  Technical Regul ation of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (RTE INEN) No. 041:  School transportation vehicles. 
3. Publication in which Technical Regula tion 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 as from the date of circulation 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:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad Avda. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593 2) 255-1512 or 256-6041, Ext. 284 
Fax: (593 2) 250-4922 
E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gov.ec;  mepoveda@mipro.gov.ec Website: http://www.mipro.gov.ec
 
 Regulatory authority: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de  Normalización - INEN 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador Telefax: (593 2) 256-7815 Tel.: (593 2) 250-1885 
Fax: (593 2) 256-7815 
E-mail: rgallegos@inen.gov.ec Website: http://www.inen.gov.ec/