. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/23 
21 May 2007 
 
 (07-2069) 
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:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Under-Secretariat of Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad  (Ministry of Industry and Competitiveness) 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593) 2 256-6041, Ext. 161 
Fax: (+593) 2 250-4922 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 applic able, 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:   RTE INEN 004 para 
señalización vial. Parte 4.  Alfabetos normalizados  (Draft Technical Regulation RTE 
INEN 004 of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute on road signs.  Part 4:  Standard 
alphabets) (75 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
scope;  definitions;  specific requirements;  reference standards;  demonstration of 
compliance;  administrative procedures;  in spection and supervisory authority;  penalty 
regime;  liability of conformity assessment bodies;   review and updating;  and deregulation. G/TBT/N/ECU/23 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Establish the shapes and sizes of, and spacing between, the range of letters and 
numbers used on road signs. 
8. Relevant documents:  
Publication where the notice appears:  Available at http://www.micip.gov.ec  and 
http://www.in en.gov.ec; 
Proposal and basic document:  Draft Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical 
Regulation RTE INEN 004, Part 4; 
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 circulati on by the WTO Secretariat 
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 Competitividad 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593) 2 256-6041, Ext. 161 Fax: (+593) 2 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@micip.gov.ec 
Web site: www.micip.gov.ec 
 Regulatory Agency: Instituto Ecuatoria no de Normalización 
Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593) 2 252-8556 / 250-1885 to 250-1887