. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/42 
29 January 2009 
 (09-0406) 
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:   Consejo Nacional de la Calidad , CONCAL (National Quality 
Council) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Website 
addresses, if available) of agency or au thority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio (Directorate of Trade Policy) 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Under-Secretariat for Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad  (Ministry of Industry and Competitiveness) 
Avda.  Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593 2) 255-1512 or 256-6041, ext. 162 
Fax: (593 2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mic.gov.ec;  mepoveda@mic.gov.ec Website: www.mic.gov.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 subheading 
9900.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   "Reglamento para el 
control de bienes importados que deben cump lir con reglamentos técnicos RTE INEN y 
normas ecuatorianas NTE INEN de carácter obligatorio" ("Regulation on the control of 
imported goods required to comply with the mandatory technical regulations (RTE INEN) 
and mandatory technical standards (NTE IN EN) of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute") (4 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Imports of products subject to compliance with mandatory 
Ecuadorian technical regulations (RTE INEN ) and mandatory Ecuadorian technical 
standards (NTE INEN) require a certificate of recognition (Form INEN-1) of conformity with such regulations and standards.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
There is a need to promote the compliance of both domestic  and imported products with 
technical standards in order to protect human health and safety and to prevent 
environmental pollution and harm to ecological systems. G/TBT/N/ECU/42 
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  8. Relevant documents:   http://www.mic.gov.ec 
Supplement to Official Journal No. 478 of 1 December 2008 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:    - 
1 December 2008 
10. Final date for comments:   - 
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:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad Avda.  Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593 2) 255-1512 or 256-6041, ext. 162 Fax: (+593 2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mic.gov.ec;  mepoveda@mic.gov.ec Website: www.mic.gov.ec