WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/12 
3 March 2006 
 (06-0936) 
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: 
Dirección Nacional de Políticas de Comercio Exterior  (National Directorate of Foreign 
Trade Policy) Subsecretaría de Comercio Exterior e Integración  (Under-Secretariat of Foreign Trade and 
Integration) 
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrialización, Pesca y Competitividad  (Ministry of 
Foreign Trade, Industrialization, Fisheries and Competitiveness) 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593) 2 2566041, Ext. 161 
Fax: (+593) 2 2541984 E-mail:  abarbosa@micip.gov.ec
 
Web site: www.micip.gov.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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:         
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):   6911.00.00;  6912.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN  010 para productos cerámicos  Vajilla y 
demás artículos de uso dom éstico, higiene o tocador (Draft Ecuadorian Technical 
Regulation RTE INEN 010 on ceram ic products.  Tableware, kitchenware, other household 
articles and toilet articles) (6 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  
 - This draft Ecuadorian Technical Regul ation lays down the minimum requirements 
for ceramic products, tableware, kitchenw are and other household articles and toilet 
articles, in order to prevent practices that may mislead consumers and to protect the 
environment.  G/TBT/N/ECU/12 
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  6. Description of content:  (cont'd)  
 -  This draft Regulation, which applies to  ceramic products, tableware, kitchenware, 
other household articles and toilet articles, specifies its scope and tariff-classification, and covers definitions, gene ral requirements, specific requirements, 
conformity assessment tests, labelling, proof of conformity, administrative 
procedure for verifying conformity with th is Regulation, inspec tion and supervisory 
authority, penalties, liability of conform ity assessment bodies, review and updating, 
and entry into force. 
 - This draft Regulation provides that ceram ic products, tableware,  kitchenware, other 
household articles and toilet articles must demonstrate clearly that they conform to 
the following Ecuadorian Technical St andards:  NTE INEN 1 804  and NTE 
INEN 1 805. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Protection of human health and safety, prevention of fraud or misrepresentation arising 
from misleading advertising or labelling, and environmental protection. 
8. Relevant documents:  
 1.   Publication in which notice  appears:  http://www.micip.gov.ec   
   http://www.inen.gov.ec  
 2. Proposal and basic document:  Ecuadorian Technical Regulation
RTE INEN 010 
 3. Publication in which proposal will appear following adoption:  Registro Oficial  
(Official Journal) 
 4. Ceramic products.  Glazed.  Tableware,  kitchenware, other household articles and 
toilet articles.  Requirements:  NTE IN EN 1 804;  Ceramic products.  Semi-
glazed and unglazed.  Tableware, kitchenw are, other household articles and toilet 
articles.  Requirements:  NT E INEN 1 805;  Law No. 21:  Ley Orgánica de 
Defensa del Consumidor y su Reglamento  (Organic Law on consumer protection 
and Regulations thereto):  Chapter III:  Regulación de la publicidad y su 
contenido (Regulation of advertising and the contents thereof), Chapter IV: 
Información básica comercial  (Basic marketing information), Chapter V:  
Responsabilidades y obligaciones del proveedor (Responsibilities and obligations 
of the supplier), Chapter IX:  Prácticas prohibidas  (Prohibited practices) and 
Chapter X:  Protección de la salud y seguridad  (Health protection and safety). 
 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Six months after adoption. 
90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat. 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat. 
 
   
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: 
Contact and/or National Enquiry Centre: 
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 2566041, Ext. 161 
Fax: (+593) 2 2541984 
E-mail:  abarbosa@micip.gov.ec
 
Web site: www.micip.gov.ec