. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/29 
21 May 2007 
 
 (07-2075) 
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 Website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   H S  t a r i f f  
subheading 3819.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 031 para Líquido de frenos hidráulicos, sean 
de fabricación nacional o im portados que se comercialicen  en la República del Ecuador  
(Draft Technical Regulation RTE INEN 031 of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute on 
domestically produced or imported hydraulic br ake fluid marketed in the Republic of 
Ecuador) (5 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/29 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
scope;  definitions;  general specifications;  product requirements;  packaging, labelling and 
marking requirements;  conformity assessment tests;  reference standards;  demonstration of compliance;  administrative procedures;  in spection and supervisory authority;  penalty 
regime;  liability of conformity assessment bodies;   review and updating;  and deregulation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Establish the technical requirements for mo tor vehicle brake fluid with a view to 
preventing risks to human, animal and plan t life and health and the environment and 
preventing practices likely to mislead users. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where the notice appears:  Available at http://www.micip.gov.ec  and 
http://www.inen.gov.ec ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: Draft Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical 
Regulation RTE INEN 031 on brake fluid; 
3. 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 circulati on 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