G/TBT/N/ECU/386  
26 April  2019 
(19-2861) 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 ap plicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Footwear 
with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of textile 
materials (HS 6404) ; Other footwear (HS 6405) ; Other footwear (HS 64029) ; Other 
footwear with outer soles of leather (HS 64035) ; Other footwear (HS 64039) ; Covering 
the ankle but not covering the knee (HS 640192) ; Other (HS 640199) ; Other (HS 
640219) ; Footwear with upper straps or thongs assembled to the s ole by means of plugs 
(HS 640220) ; Other (HS 640319) ; Footwear with outer soles of leather, and uppers which 
consist of leather straps across the instep and around the big toe (HS 640320)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 080 (2R) "Etiquetado 
de Calzado"  (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical 
Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 080 "Labelling of footwear") (14 p ages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/386  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by the labelling of footwear, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported 
products, with the aim of preventing misleading practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to domestically manufactured and imported 
footwear that is marketed in Ecuador.  
The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to:  
1. Goods subject to special treatment (Chapter 98 of the Tariff Classification of 
Ecuador). [ Passenger luggage ; household goods and/or work equipment ; 
donations from abroad ; diplomatic allowances ; goods for use by persons with 
disabilities ; samples with no commercial value ; international postal traffic or 
express courier deliveries ; certified reference materials ; and relief consignments 
for natural or similar disasters ] The provisions of the Organic Code of Production, 
Trade and Investment, the resolutions issued by COMEX and the relevant 
procedures established by the National Customs Serv ice of Ecuador (SENAE) will 
apply to these goods.  
2. Products covered by Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation 
(RTE INEN) No. 157 "Labelling of articles of leather"  
3. Handmade sandals and espadrilles  
4. Orthopaedic footwear  
5. Protective, safety a nd work footwear  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information ; labelling ; prevention of misleading practices ; 
consumer protection.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory references:  
1. ISO 19952:2005, Footwear -- Vocabulary;  
2. ISO/TS 19407:2015, Footwear -- Sizing -- Conversion of sizing systems;  
3. EN 15987:2015, Leather - Terminology - Key definitions for the leather trade;  
4. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1920 (1R):2013, Calzado de c uero de 
uso general . Requisitos.  
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/94  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/94/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/94/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/94/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/94/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/94/Add.5  
7. G/TBT/N/ECU/94/Add.6  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/386  
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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, Fore ign 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  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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