G/TBT/N/ECU/457  
3 June 2019 
(19-3785) 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 cov ered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Other bars 
and rods of stainless steel ; angles, shapes and sections of stainless steel (HS 7222)  
5. Title, number of pages an d language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 228 (1R) "Barras y 
perfiles de acero inoxidable " (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation 
PRTE INEN No. 228 "Stainless st eel bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections") (10 pages, 
in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by stainless steel bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, prior 
to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human 
safety and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
• Stainless steel bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections  G/TBT/N/ECU/457  
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  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 16143 -2:2014, Stai nless steels for general purposes -- Part 2 : Corrosion -
resistant semi -finished products, bars, rods and sections;  
2. ISO 6892 -1:2016, Metallic materials -- Tensile testing -- Part 1 : Method of test 
at room temperature;  
3. 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;  
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. ASTM E139 - 11:2018, Standard Test Methods for Conducting Creep, Creep -
Rupture, and Stress -Rupture Tests of Metallic Materials;  
8. ASTM A276/A276M -17:2017, Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Bars and 
Shapes;  
9. ASTM A370:2018, Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing 
of Steel Products;  
10. ASTM A484/A484M -18a:2018, Standard Specification for General Requirements 
for Stainless Steel Bars, Billets, and Forgings;  
11. EN 10088 -3:2015, Stainless steels - Part 3 : Technical delivery conditions for 
semi-finished  products, bars, rods, wire, sections and bright products of corrosion 
resisting steels for general purposes;  
12. EN 10088 -5:2010, Stainless steels - Part 5 : Technical delivery conditions for bars, 
rods, wire, sections and bright products of corrosion resistin g steels for 
construction purposes.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/259  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/259/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  G/TBT/N/ECU/457  
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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, 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  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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