. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ECU/82 
22 November 2011 
 (11-6101) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   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 Fax: (593-2) 256-7815 
Tel.: (593-2) 250-1885 
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   3814.00.90.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE-INEN 066 "Diluyentes (Thinner)"  (Draft Ecuadorian 
Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE-INEN) 
No. 066:  "Thinner") (5 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/82 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation on thinner covers the 
following:  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  General specifications;  Product requirements;  
Packing, packaging and la
belling requirements;  Conformity assessment tests;  Sampling;  
Regulatory documents consulted or serving as references;  Demonstration of compliance 
with the Ecuadorian Technical Regulation;   Conformity assessment and certification 
bodies;  Inspection and/or supervisory authority;   Type of inspection and/or monitoring;  
Penalty regime;  Liability of conformity assessment bodies;  and Review and updating.  
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 thinner used to dissolve, dilute or thin  paint or related products, with a view to 
preventing risks to human health, life and safety and the environment, as well as preventing 
practices liable to mislead or harm end-user s, and ensuring proper use of the product. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mipro.gob.ec/  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document:  PRTE-INEN 066 "Diluyentes (Thinner)."  (Draft 
Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE-INEN) 
No. 066:  "Thinner"); 
3. Publication in which the Technical Re gulation 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 after 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: 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/  
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.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec/