. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/33 
16 July 2007 
 (07-3008) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circulat ed in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   ECUADOR
 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible:    
INEN – Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización  (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro 
Telefax: +(593) 2 2567815 Tel.: +(593)2  2501885 
Fax:  +(593) 2 2567815 
E-mail: furresta@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:    
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Under Secretariat of Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad  (Ministry of Industry and Competitiveness) 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro 
Quito – Ecuador 
Tel.: +(593) 2 2566041 ext. 161 Fax: +(593) 2 2504922 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 applic able, 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 021 para conductores y alambres para uso 
eléctrico aislados con material termoplástico, sean de fabricación nacional o importada 
que se comercialicen en la República del Ecuador  (Draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulation 
RTE INEN 021 in respect of conductors and wires for electrical use insulated with 
thermoplastic material, either manufactured do mestically or imported, which are marketed 
in the Republic of Ecuador) (17 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   This draft Technical Regulation covers the following:  scope, 
specific content, requirements, labelling re quirements, conformity assessment tests, 
reference standards or standards consulted, de monstration of conformity with the existing 
technical regulation, administrative proced ures, inspection and supervisory authority, 
regime of penalties, liability of conformity assessment bodies, review and updating, and 
deregulation.  G/TBT/N/ECU/33 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 To establish the main parameters for the manufacture of conductors and wires 
insulated with thermoplastic material so as to prevent the risks for safety, health, the 
environment and practices likely to mislead users of electrical energy. 
8. Relevant documents:    
1. Publication where the notice appears:  available from htpp://www.micip.gov.ec  
htpp://www.inen.gov.ec  
2. Proposal and basic document:  Draft Ecuado rian Standardization Institute Technical 
Regulation RTE INEN 021 in respect of conductors and wires for electrical use 
insulated with thermoplastic material. 
3. Publication in which the proposal will appear following adoption:  Registro Oficial  
(Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
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:   
Punto de Contacto y/o Centro de Información Nacional: 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  
Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad, 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro 
Quito – Ecuador 
Tel.: +(593) 2 2 566041 ext. 161 
Fax: +(593) 2 2 504922 
E-mail: abarbosa@micip.gov. ec; mepoveda@micip.gov.ec 
Web site: www.micip.gov.ec 
Regulatory Agency:   
INEN – Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro 
Tel.: +(593) 2 2 501885 
Fax: +(593) 2 2 567815 
E-mail: furresta@inen.gov.ec