. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/25 
21 May 2007 
 (07-2077) 
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   HS tariff subheadings 
7306.60.00 and 7306.30.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTE INEN 027 para 
Tubos de acero al carbono soldados, sean de  fabricación nacional o importados, que se 
comercialicen en la República del Ecuador  (Draft Technical Regulation RTE INEN 027 of 
the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute on domestically produced or imported welded carbon steel pipes and tubes marketed in the Re public of Ecuador)  (6 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/25 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
scope; definitions;  general specifications ;  requirements; labelling and marking 
requirements;  conformity assessment tests;  demonstration of compliance;  reference standards;  administrative procedures;  in spection and supervisory authority;  penalty 
regime;  liability of conformity assessment bodies;   review and updating;  and deregulation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Establish the technical requirements for welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (with 
weld seam) with a view to preventing risks to  human, animal and plant life, health and 
safety and the environment and preventing practices likely to mislead or harm end users. 
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 027 on steel pipes and tubes; 
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 circulation 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