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Draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN 017 on the Control of Pollutant Emissions from Land-Based Mobile Sources (9 pages, in Spanish)
Ecuador issued an addendum on 31 October 2025 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/ECU/17. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 10 January 2007.
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Latest notice (G/TBT/N/ECU/17/Add.5, 31 October 2025)
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Modificatoria 3 del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 017 'Control de emisiones contaminantes de fuentes móviles terrestres' (Amendment No. 3 to Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN No.017 'Control of pollutant emissions from land-based mobile sources') (24 pages, in Spanish)
The Republic of Ecuador hereby notifies the publication of Amendment No. 3 to Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN No.017 'Control of pollutant emissions from land-based mobile sources'. This Amendment provides that responsibility for monitoring or overseeing compliance with the regulation will no longer lie with the Ecuadorian Standardization Service (INEN), instead it will be assumed by the National Control and Regulatory Agency for Land Transport, Traffic and Road Safety (ANT). In addition, the following entities will be responsible for monitoring and supervising compliance with this regulation, in accordance with their respective competencies: National Control and Regulatory Agency for Land Transport, Traffic and Road Safety (ANT), Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade and Investment, National Customs Service of Ecuador (SENAE), and other entities and bodies that make up the National Quality System. It should be noted that this Amendment eliminates regulatory duplication, which facilitates trade in Ecuador. Agency: Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca, MPCEIP (Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries) Subsecretaría de Calidad (Under-Secretariat for Quality) Primary enquiry point: Cristian Eduardo Yépez Jaramillo Plataforma Gubernamental de Gestión Financiera Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira Piso 8 Bloque amarillo Quito EC170522 Tel.: (+593 2) 3948760, Ext. 2254; Ext. 2252…
- Este Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano establece los procedimientos para el control de las emisiones contaminantes de fuentes móviles terrestres, con el fin de proteger la vida y la salud humana, animal y vegetal, y al ambiente, sin perjuicio de la eficiencia de los vehículos automotores. - Este Proyecto de Reglamento se aplica tanto a vehículos motorizados importados como a aquellos de producción nacional. - Este Proyecto de Reglamento se aplica a vehículos de transporte de usos especiales tales como: coches para reparaciones (auxilio mecánico), camiones grúa, camiones de bomberos, camiones hormigonera, camiones recolectores, coches barredera, coches esparcidores, coches taller, coches radiológicos, volquetes y similares. - Este Proyecto de Reglamento no se aplica a las fuentes móviles terrestres autopropulsadas que se desplacen sobre rieles, equipo caminero y para la construcción, equipos industriales y maquinaria agrícola. - Este Proyecto de Reglamento no se aplica a los vehículos motorizados clásicos y de competencia deportiva, así como a los vehículos que ingresan al territorio ecuatoriano para fines de turismo. - En este Proyecto de Reglamento, aplicable al control de emisiones contaminantes de fuentes móviles terrestres, se especifican el campo de aplicación con su clasificación arancelaria, las definiciones, las condiciones generales, los requisitos, los ensayos para evaluar la conformidad, las normas de referencia a consultar, la demostración de la…
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AddendumG/TBT/N/ECU/17/Add.5
Modificatoria 3 del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 017 'Control de emisiones contaminantes de fuentes móviles terrestres' (Amendment No. 3 to Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN No.017 'Control of pollutant emissions from land-based mobile sources') (24 pages, in Spanish)
The Republic of Ecuador hereby notifies the publication of Amendment No. 3 to Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN No.017 'Control of pollutant emissions from land-based mobile sources'. This Amendment provides that responsibility for monitoring or overseeing compliance with the regulation will no longer lie with the Ecuadorian Standardization Service (INEN), instead it will be assumed by the National Control and Regulatory Agency for Land Transport, Traffic and Road Safety (ANT). In addition, the following entities will be responsible for monitoring and supervising compliance with this regulation, in accordance with their respective competencies: National Control and Regulatory Agency for Land Transport, Traffic and Road Safety (ANT), Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade and Investment, National Customs Service of Ecuador (SENAE), and other entities and bodies that make up the National Quality System. It should be noted that this Amendment eliminates regulatory duplication, which facilitates trade in Ecuador. Agency: Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca, MPCEIP (Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries) Subsecretaría de Calidad (Under-Secretariat for Quality) Primary enquiry point: Cristian Eduardo Yépez Jaramillo Plataforma Gubernamental de Gestión Financiera Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira Piso 8 Bloque amarillo Quito EC170522 Tel.: (+593 2) 3948760, Ext. 2254; Ext. 2252…
AddendumG/TBT/N/ECU/17/Add.4
By means of this Addendum No. 4, the Republic of Ecuador hereby advises that Amendment No. 2 to Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 017 'Control of pollutant emissions from land-based mobile sources', notified in document G/TBT/N/ECU/17/Add.1 of 29 August 2008, has been issued pursuant to Resolution No. 18 087 of 20 March 2018 by the Under-Secretariat for Quality of the Ministry of Industry and Productivity, published in the First Supplement No. 208 of
AddendumG/TBT/N/ECU/17/Add.3
By means of this Addendum No. 3, the Republic of Ecuador advises that Amendment No. 2 to Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (RTE INEN) No. 017 'Control of pollutant emissions from land-based mobile sources', notified in document G/TBT/N/ECU/17/Add.1 of 29 August 2008, was issued pursuant to Resolution No. 17 002 of 10 January 2017 of the Under-Secretariat for the Quality System of the Ministry of Industry and Productivity, published in Official Journal No. 920 of 11 Januar
AddendumG/TBT/N/ECU/17/Add.2
By means of this Addendum No. 2, the Republic of Ecuador advises that Amendment No. 1 to Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (RTE INEN) No. 017 'Control of pollutant emissions from land-based mobile sources', notified in document G/TBT/N/ECU/17/Add.1 of 29 August 2008, was issued pursuant to Resolution No. 16 529 of 30 December 2016 of the Under-Secretariat for the Quality System of the Ministry of Industry and Productivity, published in Official Journal No. 919 of 10 Janua
AddendumG/TBT/N/ECU/17/Add.1
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/ECU/17
Draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN 017 on the Control of Pollutant Emissions from Land-Based Mobile Sources (9 pages, in Spanish)
- Este Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano establece los procedimientos para el control de las emisiones contaminantes de fuentes móviles terrestres, con el fin de proteger la vida y la salud humana, animal y vegetal, y al ambiente, sin perjuicio de la eficiencia de los vehículos automotores. - Este Proyecto de Reglamento se aplica tanto a vehículos motorizados importados como a aquellos de producción nacional. - Este Proyecto de Reglamento se aplica a vehículos de transporte de usos especiales tales como: coches para reparaciones (auxilio mecánico), camiones grúa, camiones de bomberos, camiones hormigonera, camiones recolectores, coches barredera, coches esparcidores, coches taller, coches radiológicos, volquetes y similares. - Este Proyecto de Reglamento no se aplica a las fuentes móviles terrestres autopropulsadas que se desplacen sobre rieles, equipo caminero y para la construcción, equipos industriales y maquinaria agrícola. - Este Proyecto de Reglamento no se aplica a los vehículos motorizados clásicos y de competencia deportiva, así como a los vehículos que ingresan al territorio ecuatoriano para fines de turismo. - En este Proyecto de Reglamento, aplicable al control de emisiones contaminantes de fuentes móviles terrestres, se especifican el campo de aplicación con su clasificación arancelaria, las definiciones, las condiciones generales, los requisitos, los ensayos para evaluar la conformidad, las normas de referencia a consultar, la demostración de la…
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