. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/61 
14 September 2010 
 (10-4640) 
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: baguilera@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:  
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Under-Secretariat for Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro, Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593 2) 254-6690, Ext. 284 
Fax: (593 2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@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):   99000000 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 052,  "Seguridad e higiene del trabajo para el 
uso del amianto crisotilo  en las actividades laborales" (Draft Technical Regulation of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 052:  "Occupational safety and 
hygiene in relation to the use of chrysotile asb estos in the work environment") (11 pages, in 
Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/61 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation on occupational safety 
and hygiene in relation to the use of chrysotile  asbestos in the work environment covers the 
following:  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  Expos ure limit values;  Restrictions in respect of 
asbestos types and handling;  Measurement of fibre concentration;  Environmental 
monitoring programme;  Medical surveillance pr ogramme;  Preventive technical measures;  
Personal protection programmes;  Work clothing;  Workplaces;  Transport and storage;  
Community protection;  Records and files;  Training programme;  Dissemination of information to workers;  Transitional regulations. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Regulation establishes appropr iate methods and practices to protect the 
life, health and safety of persons involved in the occupational manufacture and use of 
chrysotile asbestos material s, products and elements. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mipro.gov.ec/ ; http://www.inen.gov.ec/site/ . 
2. Proposal and basic document:  Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 052:  "Occupational safety and hygiene in 
relation to the use of chrysotile asbestos in the work environment". 
3. Publication in which Technical Regula tion will be published when adopted:  Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  90 days as from the date of circulation 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   27 November 2010 
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 Productividad Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593 2) 256-6041 Ext. 284 
Fax: (593 2) 250-4922 
E-mail: abarbosa@mic.gov.ec
 
Website: http://www.mic.gov.ec/  
 Instituto Ecuatoriano de  Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro 
Tel.: (593-2) 250-1885 Fax: (593-2) 256-7815 E-mail: baguilera@inen.gov.ec