G/TBT/N/ECU/464  
5 June 2019 
(19-3868) 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: 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 Qua lity) 
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.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, wher e applicable) : Pressure -
reducing valves (HS 8481.10) ; Check (nonreturn) valves ; (HS 8481.30) ; Other appliances 
(HS 8481.80)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 226  (1R) "Válvulas para 
uso industrial"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN 
No. 226 "Valves for industrial use") (12 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by valves for industrial use, prior to the marketing of domestic 
and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing deceptive 
practices.  G/TBT/N/ECU/464  
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  It applies to the following prod ucts: 
1. Valves with flanged, threaded or welding ends, in addition to wafer and flangeless 
valves, which are cast or forged;  
2. Ball, check (nonreturn), gate and shut -off valves intended for use in piping 
systems in the oil and natural gas industries.  
It does n ot apply to:  
• Water pressure -reducing valves.  
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 sa fety. 
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 quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-
lot inspection;  
2. ISO 7121 :2016, Steel ball valves for general -purpose industrial applications;  
3. ISO 10434 :2004, Bolted bonnet steel gate valves for the petroleum, 
petrochemical and allied industries;  
4. ISO 14313 :2007, Petroleum and natural gas industries -- Pipeline transportation 
systems -- Pipeline valves;  
5. ISO 15761 :2002, Steel gate, globe and check valves for sizes DN 100 and smaller, 
for the petroleum and natural gas industries;  
6. ISO 17292 :2015, Metal ball valves for petroleum, petrochemical and allied 
industries;  
7. ISO/IEC 17025 :2006, General require ments for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
8. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2006, Conformity assessment -- Supplier's declaration of 
conformity -- Part 1 : General requirements  
9. ISO/IEC 17067, Fundamentals of product certification and guidelines for pr oduct 
certification schemes;  
10. EN 736 -1:2018, Valves . Terminology . Definition of types of valves;  
11. EN 736 -2:2016, Valves . Terminology . Definition of components of valves;  
12. EN 736 -3:2008, Valves . Terminology . Definition of terms;  
13. EN 1983:2013, Industrial valves . Steel ball valves;  
14. EN 1984:2010, Industrial valves . Steel gate valves;  
15. EN 12516 -1:2014, Industrial valves - Shell design strength - Part 1 : Tabulation 
method for steel valve shells;  
16. EN 12516 -2:2014, Industrial valves - Shell design strength - Part 2 : Calculation 
method for steel valve shells;  
17. EN 12516 -3:2002, Valves - Shell design strength - Part 3 : Experimental method;  
18. EN 12516 -4:2014, Industrial valves . Shell design strength . Calculation method 
for valve shells manufa ctured in metallic materials other than steel;  
19. EN 13547:2013, Industrial valves . Copper alloy ball valves;  
20. EN 13789:2010, Industrial valves . Cast iron globe valves;  
21. EN 16767:2016, Industrial valves . Steel and cast iron check valves;  G/TBT/N/ECU/464  
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  22. API 6 D:2008, Petroleum and natural gas industries -Pipeline transportation 
systems -Pipeline valves;  
23. API 600 :2015, Bolted bonnet steel gate valves for petroleum and natural gas 
industries;  
24. API 602 :2009, Gate, globe and check valves for sizes DN 100 ( NPS 4 ) and smaller 
for the petroleum and natural gas industries;  
25. ASME B16.34:2017, Valves - Flanged, threaded, and welding end.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/257  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/257/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/25 7/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/257/Add.3  
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  
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  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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