WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/20 
30 January 2007 
 (07-0409) 
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 Website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
Dirección Nacional de Políticas de Comercio Exterior  (National Directorate of Foreign 
Trade Policy) Subsecretaría de Comercio Exterior e Integración  (Under-Secretariat of Foreign Trade 
and Integration) Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrialización, Pesca y Competitividad  (Ministry of 
Foreign Trade, Industrialization, Fisheries and Competitiveness) 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593) 2 256-6041, Ext. 161 Fax: (+593) 2 254-1984 
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   H S  t a r i f f  
subheading 9900.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico RTE INEN 024 para el  transporte, almacenamiento, envasado y 
distribución de gas licuado de petról eo (GLP) en cilindros y tanques  (Draft Technical 
Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute RTE INEN 020 on the transportation, 
storage, packaging and distribut ion of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in cylinders and tanks) 
(9 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/20 
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  6. Description of content:    
- The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the technical requirements for 
the transportation, storage, packaging  and distribution of liquefied petroleum gas 
(LPG) in cylinders and tanks with a view to preventing risks to human, animal and 
plant life and health, the environment a nd property, as well as practices likely to 
mislead users. 
- It covers the following: scope; definitio ns; requirements concerning storage of bulk 
LPG, storage and handling of LPG cylinders, transportation of bulk LPG, transportation of LPG cylinders in motor vehicles, LPG packaging, distribution of LPG in cylinders, and decanting of bulk LPG; labelling and marking requirements; 
reference standards and standards cons ulted; demonstration of compliance; 
administrative procedure for verifying compliance; inspection and supervisory 
authority; penalty regime; liability of conformity assessment bodies; review and updating; and deregulation. 
- This draft Regulation establishes that the transportation, storage, packaging  and 
distribution of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in cylinders and tanks must meet the 
requirements set out in Ecuadorian Technical Standards NTE INEN 1533, 
NTE  INEN 1534, NTE INEN 1535, NTE INEN 1536, NTE INEN 1537, 
NTE  INEN 2143, NTE INEN 2266, NTE INEN 327, NTE INEN 255, 
NTE  INEN 439, NTE INEN 440, N TE INEN 111, Ecuadorian Technical 
Regulation RTE INEN 008, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standards 
Nos. 058 and 059  and other legal provisions regula ting the scope of these activities. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Prevention of risks to human, animal and plant life and health, the environment and 
property, and of practices likely to mislead users. 
8. Relevant documents:    
1. Publication where the notice appears:  Available at http://www.micip.gov.ec and 
http://www.inen.gov.ec 
2. Proposal and basic document:  Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical 
Regulation RTE INEN 024 
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 by the WTO 
Secretariat. 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat.  G/TBT/N/ECU/20 
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  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:    
Contact and/or National enquiry point:  
Dirección Nacional de Políticas de Comercio Exterior Subsecretaría de Comercio Exterior e Integración 
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrialización, Pesca y Competitividad 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593) 2 256-6041, Ext. 161 Fax: (+593) 2 254-1984 
E-mail: abarbosa@micip.gov.ec 
Web site: www.micip.gov.ec  Regulatory Agency: Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización 
Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Almagro 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593) 2 252-8556 / 250-1885 to 250-1887 Fax: (+593) 2 256-7815 E-mail: furresta@inen.gov.ec 
Web site: www.inen.gov.ec