. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/38 
22 January 2009 
 (09-0257) 
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:  
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio  (Directorate of Trade Policy) 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Under Secretariat for Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad  (Ministry of Industry and Competitiveness) 
Avda.  Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593 2) 255 1512 or 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
 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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:         
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):   HS tariff subheading 
9900.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico RTE INEN 037 "Diseño, fabricación y montaje de estructuras de 
acero, sean de fabricación nacional o importados , que se comercialicen en la República del 
Ecuador " (Draft Technical Regulation RTE INEN  037 of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute on the design, manufacture and assembly of steel structures, domestically produced 
or imported and marketed in the Republic  of Ecuador) (25 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the following 
in respect of the design, manufacture and assembly  of steel structures:  Scope;  Definitions;  
General conditions;  Requirements;  Standards,  regulations and codes serving as references 
or consulted;  Demonstration of complian ce;  Conformity assessment and certification 
bodies;  Inspection and/or supervisory authority;   Type of inspection and/or monitoring;  
Penalty regime;  Liability of conformity asse ssment bodies;  and Review and updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/38 
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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 the design, manufacture and assembly of the various types of steel structures. 
It seeks to prevent risks to human, animal a nd plant life and safety, the environment and 
property, and to prevent deceptive practices likely to mislead users. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mic.gov.ec, http://www.inen.gov.ec; 
2. Proposal and basic document:  Technical Re gulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
 Institute RTE INEN 037 on the design, manufacture and assembly of steel structures; 
3. Publication in which the draft Technica l Regulation will be published when adopted:  
 Registro Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web site 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 Competitividad Dirección:  Avda.  Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593 2) 255 1512 or 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
 
 Regulatory Agency: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de  Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8 29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador Telefax: (+593 2) 256 7815 Tel.: (+593 2) 250 1885 
Fax: (+593 2) 256 7815 
E mail: furresta@inen.gov.ec Web site: www.inen.gov.ec