. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/32 
22 June 2007 
 (07-2648) 
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 authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
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):   9900.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 034 para Elementos de seguridad en vehículos 
automotores, sean de fabricac ión nacional o importados, que se comercialicen en la 
República del Ecuador  (Draft Technical Regulation RTE INEN 034 of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute on domestically produced or imported motor vehicle safety parts marketed in the Republic of Ecuador) (9 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
scope;  definitions;  product requirements;  reference standards and regulations and 
standards and regulations consulted;  demonstration of compliance;  administrative 
procedures;  inspection and supervisory authorit y;  penalty regime;  liability of conformity 
assessment bodies;  review and updating;  and deregulation. G/TBT/N/ECU/32 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Establish the requirements for motor vehicles with a view to preventing risks to 
human life and health and the environment and practices likely to mislead users. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where the notice appear s:  Available at www.micip.gov.ec and 
http://www.inen.gov.ec; 
2. Proposal and basic document:  Draft Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical 
Regulation RTE INEN 034 on motor vehicle safety parts; 
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 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after circulation 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site add resses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National enquiry point:  
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;  mepoveda@micip.gov.ec 
Web site: www.micip.gov.ec  
Regulatory agency: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de  Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: +(593-2) 250-1885 Fax: +(593-2) 256-7815 E-mail: furresta@inen.gov.ec