G/TBT/N/ECU/409  
3 May 2019 
(19-3067) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : ECUADOR  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2  and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960 to 90  
Website: http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y A lfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
Website: www.industrias.gob.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 ma y be provided in addition, where applicable) : Oil or 
petrol -filters for internal combustion engines (HS 842123) ; Intake air filters for internal 
combustion engines (HS 842131) ; Other (HS 842199)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 129 (2R) "Etiquetado 
de filtros de aceite, filtros de combustible : diésel y gasolina, y filtros de aire de entrada 
para motores de combustión interna"  (Draft second revisio n (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical 
Regulation PRTE INEN No. 129: "Labelling of oil filters, diesel and petrol filters, and intake 
air filters for internal combustion engines") (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
labelling requirements to be met by oil filters, diesel and petrol filters, and intake air filters 
for internal combustion engines, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported 
products, with the aim of preventing deceptive pr actices.  G/TBT/N/ECU/409  
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  It applies to the following products:  
• Constant -flow lubricating oil filters,  
• Diesel and petrol filters,  
• Air filters.  
It does not apply to:  
• Compressor filters used in industrial applications,  
• Hydraulic filters,  
• Cabin and air -conditioner air filters , 
• Centrifugal oil filters,  
• Brake air dryer filters,  
• Magnetic or electromagnetic oil filters,  
• Housing or parts for the manufacture of filters,  
• Filtering material,  
• Accessories that do not come with the filter (gaskets, hoses, washers in metal, 
plastic or rubber),  
• Internal fuel filters (inside the tank),  
• Diesel -water separator filters,  
• Filtering elements.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Normative references:  
1. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes 
- Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for 
lot-by-lot inspection  
2. ISO 11841 -1:2000, Road vehicles and internal combustion engines - Filter 
vocabulary - Part 1 : Definitions of filters and filter components  
3. ISO/IEC 17020:2012, Conformity assessment - Requirements for the operation 
of various types of bodies performing inspection  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/206  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/206/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/206/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/206/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/206/Add.4  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/409  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@prod uccion.gob.ec  
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