G/TBT/N/ECU/352  
8 April 2019 
(19-2245) 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) : 401170 - 
Of a kind used on agricultural or forestry vehicles and machines ; 401180 - Of a kind used 
on construction, mining or industrial handl ing vehicles and machines ; Other (HS 40119) ; 
Of motorcycles (including mopeds) (HS 87141) ; Of a kind used on motor cars (including 
station wagons and racing cars) (HS 401110) ; - Of a kind used on buses or lorries (HS 
401120) ; - Of a kind used on motorcycle s (HS 401140) ; - Of a kind used on bicycles (HS 
401150) ; - Road wheels and parts and accessories thereof (HS 870870) ; - Wheel rims 
and spokes (HS 871492) ; (ICS: 83.160.99)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 011 (2R) "Neumáticos" 
(Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation 
(PRTE INEN) No. 011 "Pneumatic tyres ") (15 pages(s), in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by new pneumatic tyres of rubber for motor vehicles and cycles, including with G/TBT/N/ECU/352  
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  rims, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of pr otecting 
human safety and preventing misleading practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products:  
Pneumatic tyre types I, II, III and IV, in accordance with the following:  
 
 
Type  Service  
I  Bicycles, motorcycles, scooters, quadricycles (all -terrain vehicles, 
ATV)  
II  - Passenger vehicles  
- Commercial vehicles  
- Vans 
- Utility vehicles  
- Light trucks (LT)  
III  Commercial, transport and freight vehicles  
IV  Off-road vehicles  
The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to : Retreaded pneumatic tyres ; 
Temporary spare pneumatic tyres ; Pneumatic tyres of a kind used on aircraft  
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 5775 -1:2014, Bicycle tyres and rims -- Part 1 : Tyre designations and 
dimensions;  
3. ISO/IEC 17020:2012, Conformity assessment -- Requirements for the operation of 
various types of bodies performing inspection;  
4. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
5. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment -- Supplier's declaration of 
conformity -- Part 1 : General requirements;  
6. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment -- Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
7. Ecuadori an Technical Standard NTE INEN 2096 (3R):2017, Neumáticos . 
Definiciones y clasificación ; 
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard Norma NTE INEN 2097 (1R):2012, Neumáticos . 
Neumáticos tipo II y tipo III . Métodos de ensayo ; 
9. Ecuadorian Technical Standard Norma NT E INEN 2099 (3R):2017, Neumáticos . 
Neumáticos tipo II y tipo III . Requisitos ; 
10. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2100 (2R):2013+Enmienda 1:2017, 
Neumáticos . Neumáticos tipo I y tipo IV . Requisitos . G/TBT/N/ECU/352  
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  TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/9  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/9/Ad d.1 
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/9/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/9/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/9/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/9/Rev.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@producc ion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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