. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/35 
2 July 2008 
 (08-3149) 
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 E8-29 y Almagro Telefax: (5932) 256-7815 
Tel.: (5932) 250-1885 
Fax: (5932) 256-7815 E-mail: furresta@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:  
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Under-Secretariat for Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad  (Ministry of Industry and Competitiveness) 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro  Quito, Ecuador Tel.: +(593 2) 256-6041, ext. 162 
Fax: +(593 2) 250-4922 
E-mail: abarbosa@mic.gov.ec;  mepoveda@mic.gov.ec Web site: www.mic.gov.ec 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [  X ], 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):   HS tariff subheadings 
3917.32.00, 4009.11.00, 7311.00.90, 8409.91.91, 8409.91.99, 8481.40.00, 8481.80.80, 8481.80.91 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Reglamento Técnico 
Ecuatoriano Obligatorio y Emergente RTE IN EN 039 “Funcionamiento de vehículos con 
gas licuado de petróleo, GLP”, sean de fabricación nacional o importada, que se 
comercialicen en la República del Ecuador"  (Mandatory Emergency Technical Regulation 
of the Ecuadorian Standardizat ion Institute RTE INEN 039:  Op eration of vehicles powered by 
liquefied petroleum gas, LPG, domestically produced or imported and marketed in the Republic of Ecuador) (7 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Emergency Technical Regulation on the operation of 
vehicles powered by liquefied petroleum gas,  LPG, domestically produced or imported and 
marketed in the Republic of Ec uador, covers the following:  Purpose, Scope, Definitions, G/TBT/N/ECU/35 
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  6. Description of content:  (Cont'd) 
Requirements, Labelling requirements, Referen ce standards and regulations and standards 
and regulations consulted, Demonstration of compliance, Conformity assessment and 
certification bodies, Inspection and/or supervis ory authority, Type of inspection and/or 
monitoring, Penalty regime, Liability of conformity assessment bodies, and Review and 
updating  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
 
 The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the technical requirements for the system governing the operation of vehicles powered by LPG, with a view to preventing risks to human, animal and plant life and health and the environment and 
practices likely to mislead users. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  Available at http://www.mic.gov.ec, 
http://www.inen.gov.ec; 
2. Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute RTE 
INEN 039:  Funcionamiento de vehículos  con gas licuado de petróleo , GLP  
(Operation of vehicles powered by liquefied petroleum gas, LPG); 
3. Publication in which Emergency T echnical Regulation will be published:  Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal) No. 351 of 3 June 2008. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Immediately 
Period of validity of 12 months as of 
publication in the Official Journal  
10. Final date for comments:   - 
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: 
Subsecretaria de Comercio e Inversiones 
Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: +(593 2) 256-6041, ext. 161 
Fax: +(593 2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mic.gov.ec;  mepoveda@mic.gov.ec Web site: www.mic.gov.ec 
 
Regulatory Agency: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de  Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro 
Quito, Ecuador 
Telefax: (5932) 256-7815 Tel.: (5932) 250-1885 Fax: (5932) 256-7815 E-mail: furresta@inen.gov.ec