. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/22 
21 May 2007 
 (07-2078) 
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: furresta@inen.gov.ec 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authorit y designated to handle comments regarding 
the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Contact and/or 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) 2 256-6041, Ext. 161 Fax: (+593) 2 250-4922 
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):   HS tariff 
subheading 9900.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTE INEN 004 para 
Señalización vial.  Parte 2. Señalización horizontal  (Draft Technical Regulation RTE INEN 
004 of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute on road signs. Part 2.  Road markings) (68 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following:  scope; 
definitions;  general requirements;  specific requi rements;  reference standards;  demonstration 
of compliance;  administrative procedures;  inspection and supervisory authority;  penalty 
regime;  liability of conformity assessment bodies;   review and updating;  and deregulation. G/TBT/N/ECU/22 
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   This draft Regulation seeks to make vehicular and pedestrian traffic safer, road signs 
being a key element in achieving this objective. 
Description of content:  (cont'd) 
 It covers the normative re gulations and technical specifications for and practical 
installation of road markings with a view to the countrywide standardization of the processes 
regulating their implementation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
 
 Establish the requirements for road marki ngs with a view to protecting human and 
animal health and safety and the environment and preventing practices likely to mislead users 
of roads and public areas. 
8. Relevant documents:  
 Publication where the notice appears:  Available at http://www.micip.gov.ec and 
http://www.in en.gov.ec; 
 Proposal and basic document:  Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute RTE INEN 004, Part 2; 
 Publication in which 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 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones 
Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593) 2 256-6041, Ext. 161 Fax: (+593) 2 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@micip.gov.ec Web site: www.micip.gov.ec 
 
Regulatory Agency:  Instituto Ecuatoria no de Normalización 
Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593) 2 252-8556 / 250-1885 to 250-1887