. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ECU/78 
25 July 2011 
 (11-3751) 
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 Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593 2) 250-1885 
Fax: (+593 2) 256-7815 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) 
Avdas. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593 2) 254-6690, ext. 284 Fax: (+593 2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.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):   7325.10.00.00, 
7616.99.90.00, 8481.80.60.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE-INEN  062 "Fundiciones de hierro gris y nodular"  
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuador ian Standardization Institute (PRTE-INEN) 
No. 062:  "Grey and ductile cast iron") (5 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/78 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation on grey and ductile 
(nodular) cast iron covers the following:  Pu rpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  General 
specifications;  Classification;  Product requi rements;  Packing, packaging and labelling 
requirements;  Conformity assessment tests;  Sampling;  Regulatory documents consulted 
or serving as references;  Demonstration of  compliance with the Ecuadorian Technical 
Regulation;  Conformity assessment and certifi cation bodies;  Inspection and/or supervisory 
authority;  Type of inspection and/or monitori ng;  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 Ecuadorian Technical Regula tion establishes the technical requirements 
to be met by grey and ductile cast iron produc ts with a view to preventing safety risks, 
protecting human life and the environment and preventing practices likely to mislead users. 
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 062 "Fundiciones de hierro gris y nodular"  
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuador ian Standardization Institute (PRTE-INEN) 
No. 062:  "Grey and ductile cast iron"); 
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:   Upon 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 and e-mail and website addresses, if available, of 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 Avdas. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593-2) 254-6690, ext. 284 Fax: (+593-2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.mipro.gov.ec/  
Regulatory body: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593-2) 250-1885 Fax: (+593-2) 256-7815 
E-mail: baguilera@inen.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec/