. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/66 
17 January 2011 
 (11-0262) 
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.gob.ec
 
Website: http://www.inen.gob.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:  
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) 254-6690, Ext. 284 Fax: (593 2) 250-4922 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   2707.50.90, 2710.11.11, 
2710.11.13, 2710.19.14, 2710.19.21, 2710.19.22, 2711.11.00, 2711.12.00, 2711.13.00, 2711.21.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Reglamento Técnico 
Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 028 para Combustib les sean de fabricación nacional o 
importados, que se comercialicen  en la República del Ecuador (Technical Regulation of 
the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (P RTE INEN) No. 028:  "Domestically produced 
or imported fuels marketed in the Republic of Ecuador") (7 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/66 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following:  
Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  General sp ecifications;  Requirements;  Packaging and 
labelling requirements;  Conformity assessment tests;  Sampling;  Reference standards and standards consulted;  Demonstration of compliance;  Conformity assessment and 
certification bodies;  Inspection and supervisor y authority;  Type of inspection and/or 
monitoring;  Penalty regime;  Liability of  conformity assessment bodies;  Review and 
updating, Period of validity;  Annex A:  Fu ture requirements for "premium" and "super" 
petrol;  Annex B:  Future requirements for diesel fuel. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
Prevention of environmental risks and of practices likely to mislead consumers and users in 
relation to the handling and use of such products. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.mipro.gob.ec/  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec . 
2. Proposal and basic document:  Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 28 on Fuels. 
3. Publication in which Technical Regul ation will be published when adopted:  Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Resolution is signed 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
11. Texts available from:  National enqui ry point [X] or address, telephone and 
fax numbers, e-mail and website addresse s, if available of the other body: 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593 2) 254-6690, Ext. 284 Fax: (593 2) 250-4922 
E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec
 
Website: http://www.mipro.gob.ec  
 Instituto Ecuatoriano de  Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro 
Tel.: (593 2) 250-1885 
Fax: (593 2) 256-7815 E-mail: baguilera@inen.gob.ec
 
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec