WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/15 
29 September 2006 
 (06-4648) 
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 Moreno E8-29 y Diego de Almagro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593) 2 250-1885 
Fax: (+593) 2 256-7815 
E-mail: inen1@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 notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
National enquiry point: 
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) 2 256-6041, Ext. 161 Fax: (+593) 2 254-1984 
E-mail: abarbosa@micip.gov.ec;  mepoveda@micip.gov.ec 
Website: 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 subheading 
3605.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   (Draft Technical 
Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardizati on Institute No. RTE INEN 020 on matches). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Regulation establishes the requirements for 
matches for consumption, with a view to pr eventing risks to life, health, safety and the 
environment and practices likely to mislead user s in relation to their handling and use.   
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  6. Description of content:   (cont'd)  
 - This draft Regulation applies to matc hes manufactured in, imported into or 
marketed in Ecuador: 
 Safety matches; 
 strike-anywhere matches. 
 These products fall under the following tariff classification: 
 
CLASSIFICATION  DESCRIPTION 
3605.00.00  Matches, other than pyro technic articles of heading 3604 
-  The notified draft Regulation establish es the definitions, general specifications, 
product requirements, packing, packaging and labelling requirements, conformity 
assessment tests, reference standards, pr ocedures for demonstrating conformity and 
verifying compliance with the Regulation,  inspection and supervisory authority, 
penalties, and liability of conformity assessment bodies. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:     
 Prevention of risks to life, health, safety and the environment and of practices likely 
to mislead users in relation to the handling and use of such products. 
8. Relevant documents:    
 Publication where the notice appears: 
 http://www.micip.gov.ec, http://www.inen.gov.ec; 
 Proposal and basic document:  Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute No. RTE INEN 020; 
 Publication in which proposal will appear following adoption: Registro Oficial  
(Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   60 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 po int [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site add resses, if available, of other body:    
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) 2 256-6041, Ext. 161 Fax: (+593) 2 254-1984 E-mail: abarbosa@micip.gov.ec Website: www.micip.gov.ec 
 
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  11. Texts available from National enquiry po int [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site add resses, if available, of other body:   (cont'd) 
Regulatory Agency: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Diego de Almagro 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593) 2 252-8556 / 250-1885 to 250-1887 Fax: (+593) 2 256-7815 E-mail: furresta@inen.gov.ec 
Website: www.inen.gov.ec