. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/58 
24 February 2010 
 (10-1057) 
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, Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593 2) 250-1885 Fax: (593 2) 256-7815 E-mail: baguilera@inen.gov.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Website 
addresses, if available) of agency or au thority 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 (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro, Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593 2) 254-6690, Ext. 284 Fax: (593 2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gov.ec Website: http://www.mipro.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):   8702.10.00, 8706.00.00, 
8707.90.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN  038 para "Bus Urbano", de fabricación 
nacional, ensamblados o importados que se co mercialicen en la República del Ecuador 
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuador ian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) 
No. 038 on domestically produced or assembled or imported urban buses, marketed in the 
Republic of Ecuador) (21 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation on domestically produced 
or assembled or imported urban buses, market ed in the Republic of Ecuador, covers the 
following:  Purpose, Scope, Definitions, Re quirements, Conformity assessment tests, 
Standards and regulations cons ulted, Demonstration of compliance, Conformity assessment 
and certification bodies, Inspection and/or superv isory authority, Type of inspection and/or 
monitoring, Penalty regime, Liability of conformity assessment bodies, and Review and updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/58 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Ecuadorian Technical Regula tion establishes the requirements to be met 
by buses for mass urban passenger transport with a view to protecting human life and safety, the environment and property and pr eventing deceptive practices 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:  Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No . 038:  "Urban buses" (related to the 
Emergency Technical Regulation notified by the WTO in document G/TBT/N/ECU/36 of 3 July 2008); 
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 as from the date of circulation 
Six months after adoption 
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: 
Subsecretaría 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 
Website: http://www.mic.gov.ec/
 
 Regulatory body: Instituto Ecuatoriano de  Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro 
Tel.: (593-2) 250-1885 
Fax: (593-2) 256-7815 E-mail: baguilera@inen.gov.ec