G/TBT/N/ECU/361  
11 April 2019  
(19-2399) 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 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 and 2272  
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontacto OTCECU@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) : Other 
(HS 730890)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Tercera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 029 (3R) "Perfiles 
Corrugados y Postes de Acero Pa ra Guardavías"  (Draft third revision (3R) of Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 029 "Steel corrugated 
angles, shapes and sections and posts for guardrails") (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified  technical regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by steel corrugated angles, shapes and sections and posts for guardrails, prior 
to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human 
safety and preventing misleadi ng practices.  
The notified technical regulation applies to the following products:  
1. Corrugated angles, shapes and sections (railings);  
2. Guardrail terminals;  G/TBT/N/ECU/361  
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  3. Transitions;  
4.  Steel posts;  
5. Spacers.  
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 proce dures for inspection by attributes 
- Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-
lot inspection;  
2. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
3. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Co nformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
4. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
5. NTE INEN 2473 (1R):2013, Perfiles  corrugados y postes de acero para guardavías . 
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/27  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/27/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/27/Add.1/Suppl.1  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/27/Add.2  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/27/Add.3  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/27/Add.4  
7. G/TBT/N/ECU/27/Add.5  
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  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio, Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca (MPCEIP)  
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/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/ECU/19_2133_00_s.pdf