WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/9 
22 February 2006 
 (06-0755) 
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 Nacional de Políticas de Comercio Exterior  (National Directorate of Foreign Trade 
Policy) 
Subsecretaría de Comercio Exterior e Integración  (Under-Secretariat of Foreign Trade and 
Integration) Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Indu strialización, Pesca y Competitividad  (Ministry of 
Foreign Trade, Industrialization, Fisheries and Competitiveness)  
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593) 2 2566041, Ext. 161 
Fax: (+593) 2 2541984 E-mail: abarbosa@micip.gov.ec
 
Website: www.micip.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):   4011.30.00;  4012.13.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 011 para neumáticos (Draft Ecuadorian 
Technical Regulation RTE INEN 011 on pneum atic tyres) (13 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/9 
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  6. Description of content:  
 - This draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the technical and 
labelling requirements for pneumatic tyres used on bicycles, motorcycles, scooters, passenger vehicles and motor cars, vans, jeeps and other multi-purpose vehicles and light trailers, lo rries, buses, trailers and other multi-
purpose road vehicles, minibuses,  co aches, off-road vehicles, low-speed 
industrial vehicles, and platforms, tra ilers and vehicles for agricultural use, 
of types 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 as set forth in the existing Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2096, with a view to ensuring human safety, safeguarding life and the environment and preventing practices 
likely to mislead or harm end-users. 
  - This draft Regulation covers scope of  application, tariff classification, 
definitions, specific requirements, labelling, conformity assessment tests, proof of conformity, administrative proc edure for verifying compliance with 
this Regulation, control and supervisory authority, penalty regime, liability of 
conformity assessment bodies, review and updating, and entry into force. 
  - This draft Regulation provides that pneumatic tyres must clearly 
demonstrate compliance with the following Ecuadorian Technical 
Standards:  NTE INEN 2099:  Pneumatic Tyres.  Pneumatic tyres for 
passenger vehicles.  Requirements;  NTE INEN 2100:  Pneumatic tyres for non-passenger vehicles.  Requirements;  NTE INEN 2101: Pneumatic tyres.  Pneumatic tyres for vehicles.  Dimensions, loads and pressure.  Requirements. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Protection of human health and safety, prevention of fraud or misrepresentation arising 
from misleading advertising or la belling, environmental protecti on and prevention of harm to 
end-users. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication in which notice appears: 
 http://www.micip.gov.ec  
 http://www.inen.gov.ec  
2. Proposal and basic document:  Ecuador ian Technical Regulation RTE INEN 011 
3. Publication in which the proposal will a ppear following adoption:  Registro Oficial 
(Official Journal) 
4. NTE INEN 2099:  Pneumatic tyres.  Pn eumatic tyres for passenger vehicles.  
Requirements;  NTE INEN 2100:  Pneuma tic tyres for non-passenger vehicles.  
Requirements;  NTE INEN 2101: Pneumatic ty res.  Pneumatic tyres for vehicles.  
Dimensions, loads and pressure.  Requireme nts;  Law No. 21:  Ley Orgánica de 
Defensa del Consumidor y su Reglamento  (Organic Law on consumer protection 
and its Regulations):  Chapter III:  Re gulación de la publicidad y su contenido 
(Regulation of advertising and the conten ts thereof), Chapter IV:  Información 
básica comercial (Basic trade informa tion), Chapter V:  Responsabilidades y 
obligaciones del proveedor (Responsibilities and obligations of the supplier), Chapter IX:  Prácticas prohibidas (Prohib ited practices) and Chapter X:  Protección 
de la salud y seguridad (Protection of health and safety).  G/TBT/N/ECU/9 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Six months after adoption. 
90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat. 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulati on 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: 
National enquiry point: 
Dirección Nacional de Políticas de Comercio Exterior 
Subsecretaría de Comercio Exterior e Integración 
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrialización, Pesca y Competitividad Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593) 2 2566041, Ext. 161 
Fax: (+593) 2 2541984 
E-mail: abarbosa@micip.gov.ec
 
Web site: www.micip.gov.ec  
 or:  
Regulatory body: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de  Normalización (INEN) 
Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593) 2 2528556/2501885 to 2501887 
Fax: (+593) 2 2567815 
E-mail: furresta@inen.gov.ec
 
Web site: www.inen.gov.ec