. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/21 
21 May 2007 
 (07-2068) 
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 2501885 
Fax: (+593) 2 2567815 
E-mail: furresta@inen.gov.ec 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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:    
National Enquiry Point: 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Under-Secretariat of Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad (Ministry of Industry and Competitiveness) 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593)2 2566041, Ext. 161 Fax: (+593)2 2504922 E-mail: abarbosa@micip.gov.ec;  mepoveda@micip.gov.ec Web site: www.micip.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):   99000000 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  RTE INEN 026 para 
Alcantarillas y placas estructurales corr ugadas de acero con recubrimiento, sean de 
fabricación nacional o importados, que se comercialicen en la República del Ecuador  
(Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation RTE INEN 026 on coated 
corrugated steel culverts and structural plates, whether domestically manufactured or imported, which are marketed in the Repub lic of Ecuador) (5 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/21 
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  6. Description of content:    The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the following:  
scope, definitions, general c onditions, requirements, labelling requirements, conformity 
assessment tests, proof of conformity, refe rence standards, administrative procedures, 
inspection and supervisory auth ority, penalty regime, liab ility of conformity assessment 
bodies, review and updati ng, and deregulation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 To establish the technical requirements for galvanized or epoxy-coated corrugated 
steel culverts and structural plates, with a view to preventing risks to human, animal and 
plant life and health and the environment, and practices likely to mislead users in respect of 
the handling of the product and the way in wh ich it operates, thus preventing damage to 
public or private property.  
8. Relevant documents:    
Publication where the notice appears:  See http://www.micip.gov.ec and 
http://www.inen.gov.ec 
Proposal and basic document:  RTE INEN 026 on culverts Publication in which the proposal will appear following adoption:  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.