. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/16 
10 January 2007 
 
 (07-0117) 
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 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.: +(593-2) 2528556, 2501885 to 2501887 
Fax: +(593-2) 2567815 
E-mail: furresta@inen.gov.ec Web site: www.inen.gov.ec 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
National enquiry point: 
Dirección Nacional de Políticas de Comercio Exterior , Subsecretaría de Comercio 
Exterior e Integración , Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrialización, Pesca y 
Competitividad  (National Directorate of Foreign Trade Policy, Under-Secretariat of 
Foreign Trade and Integration, Ministry of Fo reign Trade, Industrialization, Fisheries and 
Competitiveness) Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.:  +(593-2) 2 566041, ext. 161 
Fax:  + (593-2) 2 541984 
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):   8424.10.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE-006 pa ra extintores portátiles para la protección 
contra incendios  (Draft Ecuadorian Technical Regul ation RTE-006 on Portable Fire 
Extinguishers) (5 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/16 
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  6. Description of content:  
 - This draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
and conditions of use for portable fire extinguishers in order to ensure the safety of people, the buildings in whic h they are housed and the contents of 
such buildings. 
 - This draft Regulation applicable to portable fire extinguishers covers the 
following:  Scope and tariff classifi cation, definitions, requirements, 
labelling, conformity assessment test s, reference standards, proof of 
conformity, the administrative procedure for verifying compliance with the Regulation, the inspection and s upervisory authority, penalties, 
responsibility of conformity assessment bodies, review and updating, and 
entry into force. 
 - This draft Regulation provides that conformity of portable fire 
extinguishers with Ecuadorian Technical Standards NTE INEN 801, NTE INEN 802 and NTE INEN 739 must be clearly demonstrated. 
 Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Protection against fire, so as to ensure th e safety of people, the buildings in which 
they are housed and the contents of such buildings. 
8. Relevant documents:    
 1. Publication in which the notice appears: http://www.inen.gov.ec  
       http://www.micip.gov.ec  
 2. Proposal and basic document:  Ec uadorian Technical Regulation RTE-006 
 3. Publication in which proposal will appear following adoption: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal) 
 4. Portable fire extinguishers.  Requi rements:  Ecuadorian Technical Standard 
NTE INEN 801;  the provisions of NTE INEN 802 are mandatory for the selection and distribution of portable extinguishers in buildings;  the inspection, maintenance and re-filling of portable extinguishers must be carried out in accordance with the provisions set forth in NTE INEN 739, the Organic Law on Consumer Protecti on and its implementing regulations, 
and the Law on Weights and Measures and its implementing regulations. 
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 
11. Texts available from National enquiry po int [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site add resses, if available, of other body:    
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) 2 566041, ext. 161 
Fax:  + (593-2) 2 541984 
E-mail:  abarbosa@micip.gov.ec Web site: www.micip.gov.ec