G/TBT/N/ECU/455  
28 May 2019 
(19-3694) 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 Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOT CECU@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) : - 
Mattresses : (HS 94042)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 213 (1R) "Colchones"  
(Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 213 
"Mattresses") (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by mattresses, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported 
products, with the aim of protecting human health and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
Mattresse s for household use.  
It does not apply to:  
Spring mattresses used for sofa -beds;  G/TBT/N/ECU/455  
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  Mattresses for hospital use;  
Products to be filled with water or inflated with air or other gases, such as : mattresses, 
mats, chairs, inflatable bags,  mattress toppers and fut ons. 
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 105 -E04:2013, Textiles -- Tests for colour fastness -- Part E04 : Colour fastness 
to perspiration;  
2.- ISO 105 -X12:2016, Textiles -- Tests for colour fastness -- Part X12 : Colour fastness 
to rubbing;  
3.- ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2 011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes - 
Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot 
inspection;  
4.- ISO 3377 -1:2011, Leather -- Physical and mechanical tests -- Determination of tear 
load -- Part 1 : Single edge tear;  
5.- ISO 5999:2013, Flexible cellular polymeric materials -- Polyurethane foam for load -
bearing applications excluding carpet underlay -- Specification;  
6.- ISO 13936 -1:2004, Textiles -- Determination  of the slippage resistance of yarns at a 
seam in woven fabrics -- Part 1 : Fixed seam opening method;  
7.- ISO 13937 -1:2000, Textiles -- Tear properties of fabrics -- Part 1 : Determination of 
tear force using ballistic pendulum method (Elmendorf);  
8.- ISO/I EC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
9.- ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of conformity 
- Part 1 : General requirements;  
10.- ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity asses sment -- Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
11.- Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2035:2015, Plásticos . Artículos elaborados . 
Colchones . Requisitos e inspección ; 
12.- Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2031:2016, Alambres para estructura de 
resortes en colchones . Requisitos . 
Notification history:  
1.- G/TBT/N/ECU/213  
2.- G/TBT/N/ECU/213/Add.1  
3.- G/TBT/N/ECU/213/Add.2  
4.- G/TBT/N/ECU/213/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  G/TBT/N/ECU/455  
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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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