. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/62 
16 September 2010 
 (10-4677) 
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) 2501885 Fax: (593-2) 2567815 E-mail: baguilera@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:  
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Under-Secretariat for Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad  (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.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):   7318.23.00, 8708.30.10, 
6813.20.00, 6813.81.00, 6813.89.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 053 "Material de fricción y remaches para 
zapatas de freno y discos de embrague de automotores"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Ins titute (RTE INEN) No. 053 on fri ction material and rivets 
for motor vehicle brake shoes and clutch discs) (11 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/62 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Re gulation on friction material and 
rivets for motor vehicle brake shoes and clutch discs covers the following:  purpose;  scope;  
definitions;  general conditions;  classification;  product requirements;  packing, packaging 
and labelling requirements;  conformity assessme nt tests;  sampling;  regulatory documents 
consulted or serving as references;  demons tration of compliance with the Ecuadorian 
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;  and review and updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Ecuadorian Technical Regula tion establishes the requirements to be met 
by friction material and rivets for motor vehicle brake shoes and clutch discs, with a view to preventing risks to human and animal life and safety, and practices likely to mislead 
users. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mipro.gov.ec  and 
http://www.inen.gov.ec  
2. Proposal and basic document:  Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No . 053 on friction material and rivets for 
motor vehicle brake shoes and clutch discs. 
3. Publication in which Technical Regu lation will be published when adopted:  
Registro Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days from the date of circulation 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   30 November 2010 
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: 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593-2) 2546690, Ext. 284 Fax: (593-2) 2504922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gov.ec
 
Website: http://www.mipro.gov.ec  
Regulatory Agency: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de  Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593-2) 2501885 
Fax: (593-2) 2567815 E-mail: baguilera@inen.gov.ec