G/TBT/N/ECU/362  
11 April 2019  
(19-2400) 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)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 and 2272  
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontacto OTCECU@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) : -- 
Corrugated (HS 721041)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Tercera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 025 (3R) "Paneles de 
Acero" ( Draft third revis ion (3R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical 
Regulation PRTE INEN No. 025: "Steel panels") (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by steel panels, prior to th e marketing of domestic and imported products, with 
the aim of protecting human safety and preventing misleading practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products:  
1. Cold-formed steel panels, with a metallic or pre -painted metallic coating, for use in 
ceilings, non -load bearing walls, skirting boards and roofs;  G/TBT/N/ECU/362  
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  2. Corrugated cold -formed steel sheets, with coating.  
The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to:  
1. Reused steel panels;  
2. Steel panels of a thickness of l ess than 0.20 mm.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information ; labelling ; prevention of misleading practices ; 
consumer protection ; protection of human health and safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory references:  
1. ISO/IEC 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/IEC 17025:2017, General requirement s for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
3. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
4. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
5. NTE INEN 2221(3R):2016, Paneles de acero . Requisitos y métodos de ensayo ; 
6. NTE INEN 2397(1R):2015, Placa colaborante de acero . Requisitos y métodos de 
ensayo . 
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/24  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/24/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/24/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/24/Add.3  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 165 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of 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)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 and 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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