WORLD TRADE
G/TBT/N/ECU/13
28 September 2006
ORGANIZATION
(06-4635)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
Original: Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1.
Member to Agreement notifying: ECUADOR
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 y 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) 2 256-6041, Ext. 161
Fax:
(+593) 2 254-1984
E-mail: abarbosa@micip.gov.ec; mepoveda@micip.gov.ec
Web site: www.micip.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:
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 item numbers
7216; 7216.10.00; 7216.21.00; 7216.22.00; 7216.31.00; 7216.32.00; 7216.33.00;
7216.40.00; 7216.50.00; 7216.61.00; 7216.69.00; 7216.91.00; and 7216.99.00.
5.
Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 018 para los perfiles estructurales de acero
conformados en frío y perfiles estructurales de acero laminados en caliente (Draft Technical
Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute No. RTE INEN 018 on structural
angles, shapes and sections of cold-formed steel and structural angles, shapes and sections of
hot-rolled steel) (7 pages, in Spanish).
G/TBT/N/ECU/13
Page 2
6.
Description of content:
The notified draft Regulation establishes the technical
requirements for structural angles, shapes and sections both of cold-formed steel and of hotrolled steel, with a view to ensuring safety nationwide, protecting human and animal life,
the environment and geographical conditions, and preventing practices likely to mislead or
harm end-users.
This draft Regulation applies to the following types of structural angles, shapes and
sections, either domestically produced or imported, and marketed in Ecuador:
Structural angles, shapes and sections, cold-formed;
Angles, shapes and sections of hot-rolled steel.
These products fall under the following tariff classifications:
CLASSIFICATION
DESCRIPTION
7216
7216.10.00
Angles, shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy steel
- U, I or H sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hotdrawn or extruded, of a height of less than 80 mm
- L or T sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hotdrawn or extruded, of a height of less than 80 mm:
-- L sections
-- T sections
- U, I or H sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hotdrawn or extruded, of a height of 80 mm or more:
-- U sections
-- I sections
-- H sections
- L or T sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hotdrawn or extruded, of a height of 80 mm or more
- Other angles, shapes and sections, not further worked than
hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded
- Angles, shapes and sections not further worked than coldformed or cold-finished:
-- Obtained from flat-rolled products
-- Other
- Other:
-- Cold-formed or cold-finished from flat-rolled products
-- Other
7216.21.00
7216.22.00
7216.31.00
7216.32.00
7216.33.00
7216.40.00
7216.50.00
7216.61.00
7216.69.00
7216.91.00
7216.99.00
The notified draft Regulation establishes the definitions, general specifications,
product requirements, labelling requirements, conformity assessment tests, reference
standards, procedures 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:
Ensure safety nationwide, protect human life, the environment and geographical
conditions, and prevent practices likely to mislead or harm end-users.
G/TBT/N/ECU/13
Page 3
8.
Relevant documents:
1. Publication
where
the
notice
appears:
http://www.micip.gov.ec,
http://www.inen.gov.ec;
2. Proposal and basic document: Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian
Standardization Institute No. RTE INEN 018;
3. Publication in which proposal will appear following adoption: Registro Oficial
(Official Journal).
9.
Proposed date of adoption:
60 days after
WTO Secretariat
circulation
Proposed date of entry into force:
Six months after adoption
by
the
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 Web site addresses, 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
Web site: www.micip.gov.ec
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
Web site: www.inen.gov.ec