G/TBT/N/ECU/377/Rev.1  
30 October  2019 
(19-7251) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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: 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 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@produccion.gob.ec  
Website: www.produccion.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 may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Other (HS 
871190) ; Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised (HS 8712) ; 
Other (HS 87149) ; Cycles ( ICS 43 .150)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 046  (2R) "Requisitos de 
seguridad para bicicletas"  (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation 
PRTE INEN No. 046 "Safety requ irements for bicycles") (11 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/377/Rev.1  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to 
be met by bicycles, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim 
of protecting human safety and preventing deceptive practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products:  
• City and trekking, young adult, mountain and racing bicycles;  
• Children's bicycles;  
• BMX bicycles;  
• Electric power -assisted bicycles.  
The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to:  
• Delivery bicycles;  
• Tandem bicycles;  
• Toy bicycles;  
• Electric scooters.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety.  
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 4210 -1:2014, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles - Part 1 : Terms and 
definitions;  
3. ISO 4210 -2:2015, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles - Part 2 : Requirements 
for city and t rekking, young adult, mountain and racing bicycles;  
4. ISO 4210 -3:2014, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles - Part 3 : Common test 
methods;  
5. ISO 4210 -4:2014, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles - Part 4 : Braking test 
methods;  
6. ISO 4210 -5:2014, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles - Part 5 : Steering test 
methods;  
7. ISO 4210 -6:2015, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles - Part 6 : Frame and fork 
test methods;  
8. ISO 4210 -8:2014, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles - Part 8 : Pedal and drive 
system test methods;  
9. ISO 4210 -9:2014, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles - Part 9 : Saddles and 
seat-post test methods;  
10. ISO 8098 :2014, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles for yo ung children;  
11. ISO/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
12. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
13. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product certification 
and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
14. EN 15194:2017, Cycles - Electrically power assisted cycles - EPAC bicycles;  G/TBT/N/ECU/377/Rev.1  
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  15. EN 16054:2012, BMX bicycles - Safety requirements and test methods.  
Notification history:  
G/TBT/N/ECU/377  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 30 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : 6 months from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 30 days from notification  
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@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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