WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/14 
29 September 2006 
 (06-4647) 
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) 
Fax:  02 2567815 Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro 
02 2501885 
02 2567815 inen1@inen.gov.ec 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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:    
Contact and/or national enquiry point: 
Dirección Nacional de Políticas de Comercio Exterior  (National Directorate of Foreign 
Trade Policy) Subsecretaría de Comercio Exterior e Integración  (Under-Secretariat of Foreign Trade and 
Integration) 
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrialización, Pesca y Competitividad  (Ministry of 
Foreign Trade, Industrialization, Fisheries and Competitiveness)  Address: Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel: (+593)2 2566041/Ext. 161 Fax: (+593)2 2541984 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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   6811;  6811.10.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 019 para las láminas onduladas de asbesto 
cemento  (Draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulati on RTE INEN 019 for corrugated sheets of 
asbestos cement) (7 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/14 
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  6. Description of content:   This draft regulation lays down the requirements to be met by 
corrugated sheets of asbestos cement, with a view  to the prevention of risks to health, life, 
safety and the environment and of practices likely to mislead users with respect to handling, operation and functioning. 
 - This draft regulation applies to corrugated sheets of asbestos cement with a 
sinusoidal cross-section, designed and manufactured for use in the 
construction of roofing for buildings, as well as internal partitions, enclosures and gates in any type of construction, which are manufactured and/or produced, imported or marketed in Ecuador. 
 - These products are included in the following tariff classification: 
CLASSIFICATION  DESCRIPTION 
68.11    Manufactures of asbestos cement, cellulose 6811.10.00   Corrugated sheets … m
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 - This draft regulation establishes th e definitions, classification, general 
conditions, product requirements, la belling requirements, conformity 
assessment tests, reference standards, procedures for proving conformity 
and verifying compliance with Ecuador ian technical regulations (RTE), the 
inspection and supervisor y authority, penalties and conformity assessment 
responsibilities. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Prevention of risks to health, life, safet y, the environment and practices likely to 
mislead users with respect to ha ndling, operation and functioning. 
8. Relevant documents:   Publication in which notice appears:  http://www.micip.gov.ec, 
http://www.inen.gov.ec 
Proposal and basic document:  RTE INEN 019 
Publication in which the proposal will appear following adoption:  Registro Oficial  (Official 
Journal) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   60 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/14 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: 
Dirección Nacional de Políticas de Comercio Exte rior, Subsecretaría de Comercio Exterior 
e Integración, Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrialización, Pesca y Competitividad 
 
Address: 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 
Regulatory authority: Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
 
Address:  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