G/TBT/N/ECU/358  
11 April 2019 
(19-2394) 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) 3825960/90  
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 and 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 covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS n umbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 
6811.40.00 - Containing asbestos ; Articles of asbestos -cement, of cellulose fibre -cement 
or the like (HS 6811)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 019 (1R) "Láminas 
Onduladas de Crisotilo Cemento" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 019 "Corrugated sheets of chrysotile -
cement") (9  pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation applies to corrugated sheets 
of: 
1. Chrysotile -cement.  
The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to:  
1. Products that are not designed as corrugated sheets for use in ceilings, for example, 
flat smooth sheets, flat panels, tiles and similar articles of chrysotile -cement;  G/TBT/N/ECU/358  
- 2 - 
  2. Fibre-cement corrugated sheets that do not contain chrysotile -cement in their 
composition;  
3. Fittings made from chrysotile -cement referred to in se ction 5.7 of Ecuadorian 
Technical Standard No. 1320.  
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 schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot 
inspection;  
2. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
3. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1314:1985, Productos de asbesto 
cemento . Terminología;  
4. Ecuadorian Technical  Standard NTE INEN 1315:1985, Láminas onduladas de 
asbesto cemento . Determinación de la resistencia a la flexión ; 
5. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1316:1985, Láminas de asbesto cemento . 
Determinación de la absorción de agua ; 
6. Ecuadorian Technica l Standard NTE INEN 1317:1985, Láminas onduladas de 
asbesto cemento . Ensayo de Impermeabilidad ; 
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1320(2R):2016, Láminas onduladas de 
Crisotilo -cemento . Requisitos e Inspección . 
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/14  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/14/Add.1  
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. 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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