. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ECU/75 
25 July 2011 
 (11-3747) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   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 Fax: (593-2) 2567815 
Tel.: (593-2) 2501885 
E-mail: baguilera@inen.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec/  
 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, 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: 
Dirección de Desarrollo Comercial de Bienes y Servicios 
(Department for the Commercial Development of Goods and Services) 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones 
(Under-Secretariat for Trade and Investment)  
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad , MIPRO 
(Ministry of Industry and Productivity) Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593-2) 2546690, Ext. 284 Fax: (593-2) 2504922 
E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.mipro.gob.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):   8530801000 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN  004 "Señalización vial.  Parte 5. 
Semaforización"  (Draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 004:  "Road signs.  Part 5.  Traffic lights") 
(119 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/75 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation, "Road signs.  Part 5. 
Traffic lights", covers the following:  Pu rpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  General 
specifications;  Requirements;  Regulatory docum ents consulted or serving as references;  
Demonstration of compliance with the Ecua dorian Technical Regulation;  Conformity 
assessment and certification bodies;  Inspection and/or supervisory authority;  Type of 
inspection and/or monitoring;  Penalty regime;  Liability of conformity assessment bodies;  Review and updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Ecuadorian Technical Regula tion establishes the requirements to be met 
by traffic light systems, with a view to en suring human safety, preventing practices that 
may cause road accidents and minimizing negative effects on the environment. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mipro.gob.ec/  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document:  PRTE INEN 004 "Señalización vial.  Parte 5. 
Semaforización" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PRTE INEN) No. 004:  "Road signs.  Part 5.  Traffic lights"); 
3. Publication in which the Technical Re gulation will be published when adopted:  
Registro Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date of publication in the Official Journal 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   18 September 2011 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 
Dirección de Desarrollo Comercial de Bienes y Servicios Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593-2) 2546690, Ext. 284 Fax: (593-2) 2504922 
E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.mipro.gov.ec/  
Regulatory body: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro 
Tel.: (593-2) 2501885 
Fax: (593-2) 2567815 E-mail:  baguilera@inen.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec/