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9 September  2019 
(19-5717) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 9 September 2 019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Ecuador . 
 
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Steel products for concrete reinforcement  
By means of this Addendum No. 1, the Republic of Ecuador hereby advises that the fifth revision 
(5R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN No. 016 "Steel products for concrete 
reinforcement", notified in document G/TBT/N/ECU/350 on 8 April 2 019, has been issued pursuant 
to Resolution No. 19 051 of 1 August 2 019 by the Under -Secretariat for Quality of the Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries, published in Official Journal No. 27 of 
28 August 2 019. 
Ecuadorian Technical Regulat ion No. 016 (5R) replaces RTE INEN No. 016:2018 (4R) and will enter 
into force six months after its publication in the Official Journal.  
Text available from the Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries, Under -
Secretariat for Quality,  National Notification Authority:  
TBT enquiry point : Andrés Ramón  
Plataforma Gubernamental de Gestión Financiera - Piso 8, Bloque amarillo, Av . Amazonas entre 
Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira  
Quito - Ecuador  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2252/2254  
Email:  
PuntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
PuntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
cyepez@pr oduccion.gob.ec  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
https:// members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/ECU/19_4928_00_s.pdf  
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