. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/53 
11 December 2009 
 (09-6427) 
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 Moreno E8-29, Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593-2) 2501885 
Fax: (593-2) 2567815 E-mail: baguilera@inen.gov.ec Website: http://www.inen.gov.ec
 
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  (Trade Policy Directorate) 
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) 2566041, Ext. 284 
Fax: (593-2) 2504922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gov.ec;  mepoveda@mipro.gov.ec Website: http://www.mipro.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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   73089090, 76109000 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN  047 "Sistema de bandejas metálicas 
porta-cables, electro-canales o canaletas" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 047:  "Metal cable tray, electrical conduit and 
trunking systems") (5 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Regulation on metal cable tray, electrical 
conduit and trunking systems covers the following:   Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  General 
requirements;  Classification;  Requirements;  Labelling requirements;  Conformity assessment tests;  Sampling;  Regulatory doc uments consulted or serving as references;  
Demonstration of compliance;  Conformity assessment and certification bodies;  Inspection 
and/or supervisory authority;  Type of insp ection and/or monitoring;  Penalty regime;  
Liability of conformity assessment bodies;  and Review and updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/53 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Regulation lays down the technical requirements to be met by the 
products concerned with a view to preventing risks to human and animal life and safety and the environment, and practices likely to mislead users. 
8. Relevant documents: 
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mipro.gov.ec ;  http://www.inen.gov.ec  
2. Proposal and basic document:  Draft T echnical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 047:   "Metal cable tray, electrical conduit 
and trunking systems"). 
3. Publication in which Regulation will be published when adopted:  Registro Oficial  
(Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: }Ninety days as from the date of circulation Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days as from the date of circulation 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ], 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 Productividad Avdas. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593-2) 2566041, Ext. 284 Fax: (593-2) 2504922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gov.ec;  mepoveda@mipro.gov.ec Website: http://www.mipro.gov.ec