. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/63 
20 September 2010 
 (10-4728) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 The following notification is being ci rculated 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
 
Website: http://www.mipro.gov.ec/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):   69071000, 69079000, 
69081000, 69089000 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Procedimiento de 
Evaluación de la Conformidad PEC INEN 002 "Baldosas cerámicas" (Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute Conformity A ssessment Procedure (PEC INEN) No. 002:  
Ceramic tiles) (6 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/63 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Conformity Assessment Procedure covers the 
following:  regulatory documents serving as refere nces;  legal basis;  scope;  definitions;  
requirements and test methods;  conformity assess ment models;  labelling;  and review and 
updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Conformity Assessment Procedure establishes the mechanism for 
verifying that the ceramic tiles marketed in  the Republic of Ecuador, whether domestically 
manufactured or imported, comply with Ecua dorian Standardization Institute Technical 
Regulation (RTE INEN) No. 033 on ceramic tiles. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: 
http://www.mipro.gov.ec/  
http://www.inen.gov.ec/  
2. Proposal and basic document:  Draft Conformity Assessment Procedure for ceramic 
tiles. 
3. Publication in which the notified te xt 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:   60 days from the date of circulation 
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