. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/67 
14 January 2011 
 (11-0253) 
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, Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593 2) 250-1885 Fax: (593 2) 256-7815 
E-mail: mailto: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:  
Dirección de Desarrollo Comercial de Bienes y Servicios 
(Department for the Commercial Development of Goods and Services) 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Under-Secretariat for Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad  (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Avdas. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593 2) 254-6690, Ext. 284 Fax: (593 2) 250-4922 E-mail: mailto:abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec
 
Website:  www.mipro.gob.ec  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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 
subheadings 4011.00.00 and 4012.00.00. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Procedimiento de Evaluación de la Conformidad PEC INEN 004 "Neumáticos" 
(Draft Conformity Assessment Procedure of  the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PEC INEN) No. 004:  "Pneumatic tyres") (8 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/67 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Conformity Assessment Procedure for 
domestically produced or imported pneumatic ty res marketed in the Republic of Ecuador 
covers the following:  Regulatory documents ser ving as references;  Legal basis;  Scope;  
Definitions;  Requirements and test methods;  Conformity assessment models;  Labelling;  
and Review and updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
This draft Conformity Assessment Procedure establishes the mechanism for verifying that 
domestically produced or imported pneumatic ty res marketed in the Republic of Ecuador 
comply with Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (RTE INEN) No. 011. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mipro.gob.ec/ ;  http://www.inen.gob.ec/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document:  Draft C onformity Assessment Procedure of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PEC  INEN) No. 004:  "Pneumatic tyres"; 
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 
After adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   90 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: 
Dirección de Desarrollo Comercial de Bienes y Servicios 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad Avdas. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593 2) 254-6690, Ext. 284 Fax: (593 2) 250-4922 
E-mail: mailto: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: mailto:baguilera@inen.gob.ec
 
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec/