. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/54 
14 December 2009 
 (09-6482) 
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, 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 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):   87111000, 87112000, 
87113000, 87114000, 87115000, 87119000, 87141100, 87141900 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 048 "Vehículos automotores de tres ruedas 
para transporte de pasajeros y para transporte de carga" (Draft Technical Regulation of 
the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 048:  "Three-wheeled motor 
vehicles for the transport of passengers and goods") (5 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/54 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft regulation on three-wheeled motor vehicles for 
the transport of passengers and go ods covers the following:  Pu rpose;  scope;  definitions;  
requirements;  labelling;  conformity assessmen t tests;  sampling;  regulatory documents 
consulted or serving as references;  demonstr ation of compliance;  conformity assessment 
and certification bodies;  inspection and/or superv isory authority;  type of inspection and/or 
monitoring;  penalty regime;  liability of conformity assessment bodies;  and review and 
updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft regulation lays down the requirements to be met by three-wheeled motor 
vehicles for the transport of passengers and goo ds, with a view to protecting human life, 
health and safety, and preventing deceptive practices. 
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. 048:   "Three-wheeled motor vehicles for the 
transport of passengers and goods". 
3. Publication in which the 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:   Sixty days as from the date of circulation 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] 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 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/