. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/30 
22 May 2007 
 (07-2082) 
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 Web site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   HS tariff subheadings 
2203.00.00, 2204.10.00, 2207.10.00, 2208.20.00, 2208.20.21, 2208.30.00, 2208.40.00, 2208.50.00, 2208.60.00, 2208.70.00, 2208.70.10, 2208.70.20, 2208.70.90, 2208.90.00 and 
2208.90.10 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN  032 para Bebidas alcohólicas, sean de 
fabricación nacional o importada que se co mercialicen en la República del Ecuador  (Draft 
Technical Regulation RTE INEN 032 of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute on domestically produced or imported alcoholic  beverages marketed in the Republic of 
Ecuador) (9 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/30 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
scope;  definitions;  general specifications;  re quirements;  packaging, labelling and marking 
requirements;  conformity assessment tests;  reference standards;  demonstration of compliance;  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 alcoholic beverages for human 
consumption with a view to preventing risks to  human life and health and practices likely to 
mislead users in relation to the handling and use of such products. 
8. Relevant documents:   
1. Publication where the notice appears:  Available at http://www.micip.gov.ec and 
http://www.inen.gov.ec; 
2. Proposal and basic document: Draft Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical 
Regulation RTE INEN 032 on alcoholic beverages; 
3. 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 circulati on by the WTO Secretariat 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site add resses, 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