G/TBT/N/ECU/353  
8 April 2019 
(19-2246) 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) : 271020 - 
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude) and 
preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of 
petroleum oils or of oils obtained from  bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic 
constituents of the preparations, containing biodiesel, other than waste oils ; Other (HS 
271019)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamen to Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 014 (2R) "Aceites 
lubricantes"  (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical 
Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 014 "Lubricating oils") (9 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/353  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by lubricating oils, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, 
with the aim of protecting human, animal and plant health and safety and the 
environment, and preventing misleading p ractices.  
The notified draft Technical Regulation applies to the following products:  
1. Lubricating oils for Otto -cycle internal combustion engines;  
2. Lubricating oils for internal combustion diesel engines;  
3. Lubricating oils for manual transmissions and differentials for automotive 
equipment.  
The notified draft Technical Regulation does not apply to:  
1. Lubricating oils for two -stroke engines;  
2. Lubricating oils for engines that use natural gas as fuel;  
3. Lubricating oils for automatic transmission gears.  
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 ; protection of the 
environment.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory 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/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment -- Supplier's declaration of 
conformity -- Part 1 : General requirements;  
3. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment -- Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
4. Ecuadorian Tec hnical Standard NTE INEN 2027 (2R):2011, Productos derivados del 
petróleo . Aceites lubricantes para motores de combustión interna de ciclo OTTO . 
Requisitos ; 
5. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2028 (2R):2011, Productos derivados del 
petróleo . Aceites  lubricantes para transmisiones . Manuales y diferenciales de equipos 
automotor . Requirements ; 
6. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2030 (2R):2011 . Productos derivados del 
petróleo . Aceites lubricantes para motores de combustión interna de ciclo de dié sel. 
Requisitos . 
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/8  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/8/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/8/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/8/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/8/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/8/Add.5  
7. G/TBT/N/ECU/8/Add.6  
8. G/TBT/N/ECU/8/Add.7  G/TBT/N/ECU/353  
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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 address es, 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 and 2272  
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@producc ion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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