G/TBT/N/ECU/360  
11 April 2019 
(19-2398) 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) 3825960/90  
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  
puntocontactoO TCECU@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) : 730661 : 
Of square or rectangular cross -section ; 730669 : Of other non -circular cross -section ; 
Longitudinally welded (HS 730531) ; Other, welded, of circular cross -section, of iron or 
non-alloy steel (HS 730630) ; Other, welded, of circular cross -section, of stainless steel 
(HS 730640) ; Other, welded, of circular cross -section, of other alloy steel (HS 730650)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Tercera Revisión del Reglamento  Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 027 (3R) "Tubos de 
Acero al Carbono Soldados"  (Draft third revision (3R) of Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 027 "Welded carbon steel pipes and 
tubes") (11 pages(s), in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/360  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (with weld seam), prior to the 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:  
• Welded black galvanized carbon steel pipes and tubes with seams for the 
conveyance of liquids;  
• Welded carbon steel pipes and tubes for general and structural purposes;  
• Metal piping for electrical purposes;  
• Pipes and tubes for combustion systems for domestic cooking appliances burning 
gas fuel.  
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 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes 
- Part 1 : Sampling schem es indexed by acceptance quality 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 requirements;  
4. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
5. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2415 (2R):2016, Tubos de acero al 
carbono soldados para aplicaciones estructurales y usos generales . Requisitos ; 
6. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2470 (1R):2016 Tubos de acero al 
carbono negros y galvanizados, con y sin costura para conducción de fluidos . 
Requisitos ; 
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2472:2008, Tubería metálica para 
aplicaciones eléctricas . Requisitos ; 
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2668 (1R):2015, Tubos para sistemas 
de combustión de artefactos de uso doméstico par a cocinar que utilizan 
combustibles gaseosos ; 
9. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 3016:2018, Tubería metálica de acero 
para uso eléctrico (EMT) . Requisitos . 
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/25  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/25/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/25/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/25/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/25/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/25/Add.5  G/TBT/N/ECU/360  
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  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  (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. 22 54 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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