. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/60 
14 September 2010 
 (10-4639) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 The following notification is being ci rculated 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):   3917211000, 
3917219000, 3917220000, 3917231000, 3917239000, 3917291000, 3917299100, 3917299900, 3917310000, 3917321000, 3917329100, 3917329900, 3917331000, 
3917339000, 3917391000, 3917399000, 3917400000 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 030 "Tubos y accesorios plásticos"  
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuador ian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) 
No. 030 on plastic tubes and accessories) (11 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/60 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation on plastic tubes and 
accessories covers the following:  purpose;  scope;  definitions;  general conditions;  
product requirements;  packing, packaging, ma rking or labelling requirements;  conformity 
assessment tests;  sampling;  technical info rmation;  regulatory doc uments 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 nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Ecuadorian Technical Regula tion establishes the requirements to be met 
by the plastic tubes and accessories listed in section 2 thereof, with a view to preventing 
risks to health, life, safety and the environm ent, and practices likely to mislead and harm 
users. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: 
http://www.mipro.gov.ec  
http://www.inen.gov.ec  
2. Proposal and basic document:  Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 030 on plastic tubes and accessories. 
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:   27 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: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de  Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8 29 y Almagro Tel.: (593-2) 2501885 
Fax: (593-2) 2567815 
E-mail: baguilera@inen.gov.ec