. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/2 
3 February 2005 
 (05-0449) 
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:    
National Directorate of Foreign Trade Policy, Sub-secretariat of Foreign Trade and 
Integration, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industrialization, Fishing and Competitiveness/ 
Dirección Nacional de Políticas de Comercio Exterior 
Subsecretaría de Comercio Exterior e Integración 
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrialización, Pesca y Competitividad Address: Av.  Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito – Ecuador  
Telephone:  + (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:   
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización, INEN  (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Almagro Quito – Ecuador 
Telephone:  + (593) 2 2528556 / 2501885 to 2501887 
Fax:   + (593) 2 2567815 E-mail:   inenfu@andinanet.net Web site:  www.inen.gov.ec  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [    ], 2.10.1 [ X ], 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):   Portable fire 
extinguishers 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Agreement of 
the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industriali zation, Fishing and Competitiveness, regarding 
portable fire extinguishers (6 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/2 
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 6. Description of content:    
 - The Ecuadorian Technical Regulation notified herein establishes the 
minimum requirements to be met by po rtable fire extinguishers, with the 
aim of guaranteeing the safety of people and property including the buildings that house them. 
 - The Ecuadorian Technical Regulati on notified herein regarding portable 
fire extinguishers, specifies customs classification, definitions, general 
requirements, selection and distribution in buildings and inspection, maintenance and refilling, packing, packaging and marking or labelling 
requirements and conformity tests. 
 - The regulation also establishes that the above-mentioned portable fire 
extinguishers must clearly demonstrate that they comply with the following 
Ecuadorian Technical Standards,  NTE INEN 801:1987, NTE INEN 
802:1987, NTE INEN 739:1987 and NTE INEN 738:1987. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Safety:  protection of people, buildings and the environment against the danger of 
fire. 
8. Relevant documents:    
 1. Publication where the notice appears:  not indicated.  2. Proposal and basic document:  RTE INEN 006:2005 
 3. Publication in which the proposal will appear following adoption:  Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal) 
 4. Relevant international/nationa l standards:  NTE INEN 801:1987. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }January 2005 
10. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización 
Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Almagro 
Quito – Ecuador  Telephone:  + (593) 2 2528556 / 2501885 to 2501887 Fax:   + (593) 2 2567815 E-mail:   inenfu@andinanet.net 
Web site:  www.inen.gov.ec