G/TBT/N/ECU/438  
20 May 2019  
(19-3482) Page: 1/2 
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)  
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: 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) : Aluminium 
casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers (including rigid or collapsible tubular 
containers), for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity not 
exceeding 3 00 l, whether or not lined or heat -insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or 
thermal equipment (HS 7612) ; - Of a capacity of less than 50 l : (HS 73102) ; - Other 
(HS 830990)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de  
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 198 (1R) "Envases 
metálicos"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN 198 
"Metal containers") (10 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecua dorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by metal containers, prior to the marketing of domestic and 
imported products, with the aim of protecting human health and safety and preventing 
deceptive practices.  
It applies to the follo wing products:  
Light-gauge hermetically sealable metal containers (cans) for processed food products 
and non -carbonated beverages, of a nominal thickness not exceeding 0.49 mm.  G/TBT/N/ECU/438  
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  Metal containers . Collapsible tubular aluminium containers for non -alkaline 
pharmaceutical products and cosmetics.  
This Technical Regulation does not apply to industrial metal containers for water - or 
solvent -based chemical or organic products such as paint, solvents and chemicals in 
general.  
7. Objective and rationale, including th e 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 90 -1:1997, Light gauge metal containers - Definitions and determination of 
dimensions and capacities.  
2.- ISO 90 -2:1997, Light gauge metal containers - Definitions and determination of 
dimensions and capacities.  
3.- ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling proced ures for inspection by attributes - 
Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot 
inspection.  
4.- ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories.  
5.- ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of conformity 
-. Part 1: General requirements.  
6.- ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product certification 
and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
7.- Ecuadorian Techni cal Standard NTE INEN 448 (1R):2015, Envases metálicos . Tubos 
colapsibles de aluminio . Requisitos y métodos de ensayo.  
8.- Ecuadorian Technical Regulation NTE INEN 1819 (1R):2013, Envases metálicos de 
sellado hermético para alimentos y bebidas . Determinaci ón de la hermeticidad.  
Notification history:  
1.- G/TBT/N/ECU/228  
2.- G/TBT/N/ECU/228/Add.1  
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  
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  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca  (MPCEIP ) 
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  
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