G/TBT/N/ECU/431  
17 May 2019 
(19-3450) 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: http://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 may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 570420 - 
Having a maximum surface area exceeding 0.3 m² but not exceeding 1 m² ; Carpets and 
other textile floor coverings (HS 57)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 127 (2R) "Alfombras y 
demás revestimientos para el suelo, de material textil"  (Draft second revision (2R) of 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 127 "Carpets 
and other textile floor coverings") (12 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by carpets and other textile floor coverings, prior to the marketing 
of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and 
preventing deceptive practices.  G/TBT/N/ECU/431  
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  It applies to the following products:  
• Machine -made pile and velvet carpets;  
• Machine -made hallway carpets and rugs with no pile;  
• Carpets, rugs, carpet  tiles and fitted carpets;  
• Hand-woven carpets made with pure wool;  
• Coconut -fibre floor coverings (coir mats)  
• Rolled carpet s. 
It does not apply to:  
• Floor covering underlays;  
• Car carpets.  
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 2076:2013, Textiles -- Man-made fibres -- Generic names;  
2. ISO 2424:2007, Textile floor coverings -- Vocabulary;  
3. 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.  
4. ISO 3018:1974, Textile floor c overings -- Rectangular textile floor coverings -- 
Determination of dimensions;  
5. ISO 6925:1982, Textile floor coverings -- Burning behaviour -- Tablet test at 
ambient temperature;  
6. ISO 6938:2012, Textiles -- Natural fibres -- Generic names and definitions;  
7. ISO 11861 : 1999, Textile floor coverings -- Coir mats -- Types and specification;  
8. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
9. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
10. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
11. EN 1307:2008, Textile floor coverings – Classification  of pile carpets;  
12. ASTM D 2859:16, Standard Test Method for Ignition Characteristics of Finished 
Textile Floor Covering Materials;  
13. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1169 : 1984, Alfombras Textiles 
Determinación de la inflamabilidad . Método de la tuerca metálica caliente . 
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/140  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/140/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/140/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/140/Add.3  G/TBT/N/ECU/431  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of 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  
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 U nión 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  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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