WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/8 
22 February 2006 
 (06-0751) 
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, Industrialización, 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):   2710.19.38;  
2710.19.35.90 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RT E INEN 014 para aceites lubricantes (Draft 
Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN 014 on lubricating oils) (9 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/8 
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  6. Description of content:  
 - This draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulation sets forth requirements for 
lubricating oils, with a vi ew to preventing health risks, protecting human, 
animal and plant life and the environment and preventing practices likely to mislead consumers. 
 - This draft Regulation specifies its sc ope including tariff classification, and 
covers definitions, general conditions , requirements, labe lling, conformity 
assessment tests, proof of conformity, administrative procedure for verifying 
conformity with this Regulation, inspection and supervisory authority, 
penalties, liability of conformity asse ssment bodies, review and updating, and 
entry into force. 
 - This draft Regulation provides that lubricating oils must clearly 
demonstrate conformity with th e following Ecuadorian Technical 
Standards: NTE INEN 2 027, NTE INEN 2 028, NTE INEN 2 029 and 
NTE INEN 2 030. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Protection of human health and environm ental conservation, prevention of fraud or 
misrepresentation arising from misleading adver tising or labelling, 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 documen t:  Ecuadorian Technical Regulation 
RTE INEN 014. 
 3. Publication in which proposal will appear following adoption:  Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
 4. Petroleum products.  Lubricating oils for petrol internal combustion 
engine crankcases.  Requirements: NTE INEN 2 027;  Petroleum products. Lubricating oils for manual transmissions and differentials for 
automotive equipment. Requirement s: NTE INEN 2 028;  Petroleum 
products.  Lubricating bases for use in motor vehicles.  Requirements: NTE INEN 2 029;  Petroleum products.  Lubricating oils for diesel internal combustion engine crankcases.   Requirements: NTE INEN 2 030;  
Law No. 21:  Ley Orgánica de Defensa del Consumidor y su Reglamento  
(Organic Law on consumer protec tion and Regulations thereto):  
Chapter III:  Regulación de la publicidad y su contenido  (Regulation of 
advertising and the contents thereof), Chapter IV:  Información básica 
comercial  (Basic marketing information), Chapter V:  Responsabilidades 
y obligaciones del proveedor  (Responsibilities and obligations of the 
supplier), Chapter IX:  Prácticas prohibidas  (Prohibited practices) and 
Chapter X:  Protección de la salud y seguridad  (Protection of health and 
safety).  G/TBT/N/ECU/8 
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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: 
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:  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