. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ECU/86 
30 May 2012 
 (12-2853) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   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 Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593) 2 2501885 
Fax: (+593) 2 2567815 E-mail: pleon@inen.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and website 
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 Productividad , MIPRO (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Av.  Amazonas y Av.  Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593) 2 2546690, Ext. 284 
Fax: (+593) 2 2504922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.mipro.gob.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):   Disused plastic products 
and plastic waste. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 07 1:  "Disposición de productos plásticos 
en desuso y desechos plásticos" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 071:  "Disposal of  disused plastic products and 
plastic waste") (3 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/86 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation on disused plastic 
products and plastic waste covers the following:   Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  General 
conditions;  Requirements;  Regulatory docum ents consulted or serving as references;  
Demonstration of compliance with the Ecua dorian Technical Regulation;  Conformity 
assessment and certification bodies;  Inspection and/or supervisory 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 draft Ecuadorian Technical Regul ation establishes requirements concerning 
the disposal of disused plastic products and plas tic waste, with a view to preventing risks to 
human life and health, protecting the environmen t, and preventing practices that might lead 
to the mishandling of these materials. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.mipro.gob.ec  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec ; 
2. Proposal and basic document:  PRTE INEN 071:  "Disposición de productos 
plásticos en desuso y desechos plásticos"  (Draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulation 
of the Ecuadorian Standardization Instit ute (PRTE INEN) No. 071:  "Disposal of 
disused plastic products and plastic waste"); 
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 from the date of circulation. 
Six months after adoption. 
10. Final date for comments:   16 August 2012 
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: 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593) 2 2546690, Ext. 284 Fax: (+593) 2 2504922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.mipro.gob.ec 
Regulatory body: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593) 2 2501885 Fax: (+593) 2 2567815 
E-mail: pleon@inen.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec