. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/56 
16 December 2009 
 (09-6529) 
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 Moreno E8-29 Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593-2) 2501885 Fax: (593-2) 2567815 
E-mail: baguilera@inen.gov.ec 
Website: http://www.inen.gov.ec/
 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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:  
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio  (Trade Policy Directorate) 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Under-Secretariat for Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Avdas. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas, Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593-2) 2566041, Ext. 284 
Fax: (593-2) 2504922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gov.ec;  mepoveda@mipro.gov.ec Website: http://www.mipro.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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   87021090, 
87029099, 87060091, 87060092, 87060099, 87079010 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Primera Revisión del 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano de Emergencia RTE INEN  038 "Bus urbano"  
(First Revision of Emergency Technical  Regulation No. 038 of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute:  "Urban  buses") (22 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/56 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified emergency regula tion on urban buses covers the 
following:  Purpose;  scope;  definitions;  requirements;  conformity assessment tests;  
regulatory documents consulted or serving as re ferences;  demonstration of compliance;  
conformity assessment and certification bodies;  inspection and/or supe rvisory authority;  
type of inspection and/or monitoring;  pena lty 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 emergency regulation lays down th e requirements to be met by urban buses for 
mass passenger transport with a view to pr otecting human life and safety, the environment 
and property, and preventing deceptive practi ces likely to mislead manufacturers and users 
of buses for urban transport. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mipro.gov.ec ;  http://www.inen.gov.ec/  
2. Proposal and basic document:  Technical Regul ation of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (RTE INEN) No. 038 (First Revision):  "Urban buses". 
3. Publication in which the document will be published when adopted:  Registros 
Oficiales  (Official Journals) No. 611 and No. 070 of 2009. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date of publication in Official Journal 
Already in force 
10. Final date for comments:   - 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad Avdas. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593-2) 2566041, Ext. 284 
Fax: (593-2) 2504922 
E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gov.ec;  mepoveda@mipro.gov.ec Website: http://www.mipro.gov.ec/