G/TBT/N/ECU/472/Rev.1  
6 November  2019 
(19-7503) 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 
392690) ; Other (HS 900490 ) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del RTE I NEN 216  (2R) "Protectores individuales de cara y de ojos"  
(Draft second revision (2R) of RTE INEN No. 216 "Personal face and eye protectors") (11 
pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by personal face and eye protectors, prior to the marketing of 
domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting huma n health and safety and 
preventing deceptive practices.  G/TBT/N/ECU/472/Rev.1  
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  It applies to the following products:  
1. Personal eye protectors (protective goggles);  
2. Personal eye and face protectors (goggles and masks used in welding, cutting 
and similar processes);  
3. Personal mesh eye and face protectors.  
It does not apply to:  
1. Full face masks for use as respiratory protective equipment;  
2. Personal protectors for nuclear radiation, X -rays, laser beams and infrared 
radiation (IR) emitted from low temperature sources;  
3. Sunglasses for general use or "fashion" shows, which are primarily used for 
wardrobes or costumes.  
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 q uality limit (AQL) 
for lot -by-lot inspection;  
2. ISO/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
3. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirem ents; 
4. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
5. EN 166:2001, Personal eye -protection - Specifications;  
6. EN 167:2001, Personal eye -protection - Optical test methods;  
7. EN 168:2001, Personal eye -protection - Non-optical test methods;  
8. EN 175:1997, Personal protection - Equipment for eye and face protection 
during welding and allied processes;  
9. EN 1731:2006, Personal eye -protection - Mesh eye and face protectors;  
10. ANSI Z87.1:2015, American National Standard for occupational and educational 
personal eye and face protection devices.  
Notification history:  
G/TBT/N/ECU/472  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 30 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 6 months from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 30 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/472/Rev.1  
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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  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP  
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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