G/TBT/N/ECU/377  
24 April 2019  
(19-2713) 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) : Bicycles 
and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised (HS 8712) ; Other 
(HS 87149) ; Other (HS 871190)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 046 (2R) "Requisitos 
de seguridad para bicicletas"  (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 046 "Safety requirements for bicycles" ) 
(11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by bicycles, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the 
aim of protecting human safety and preventing misleading pra ctices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products:  
• City and trekking, young adult, mountain and racing bicycles;  G/TBT/N/ECU/377  
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  • Children's bicycles;  
• BMX bicycles;  
• Electric power -assisted bicycles;  
The notified Technical Regulation does not apply  to: 
• Delivery bicycles;  
• Tandem bicycles;  
• Toy bicycles;  
• Electric scooters.  
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 4210 -1:2014, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles - Part 1 : Terms and 
definitions;  
3. ISO 4210 -2:2015, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles - Part 2 : Requirements 
for city and trekking, young adult, mountain and racing bicycles;  
4. ISO 42 10-3:2014, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles - Part 3 : Common test 
methods;  
5. ISO 4210 -4:2014, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles - Part 4 : Braking test 
methods;  
6. ISO 4210 -5:2014, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles - Part 5 : Steering test 
methods;  
7. ISO 4210 -6:2015, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles - Part 6 : Frame and 
fork test methods;  
8. ISO 4210 -8:2014, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles - Part 8 : Pedal and 
drive system test methods;  
9. ISO 4210 -9:2014, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles - Part 9 : Saddles and 
seat-post test methods;  
10. ISO 8098:2014, Cycles - Safety requirements for bicycles for young children;  
11. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
12. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
13. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certificat ion schemes;  
14. EN 15194:2009+A1:2011, Cycles - Electrically power assisted cycles - EPAC 
bicycles;  
15. EN 16054:2012, BMX bicycles - Safety requirements and test methods;  
16. Norma NTE INEN -ISO 4210 : 2009 +Corrigendo:2013, Velocípedos . Requisitos de 
seguridad para bicicletas.  
TRACEABILITY:  G/TBT/N/ECU/377  
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  1. G/TBT/N/ECU/52  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/52/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/52/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/52/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/52/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/52/Add.5  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 165 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the 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 oth er 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 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
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