G/TBT/N/ECU/465  
5 June 2019 
(19-3874) 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: 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 Qua lity) 
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  
Website: 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, wher e applicable) : 441210 
Of bamboo ; 441231 With at least one outer ply of tropical wood specified in Subheading 
Note 2 to this Chapter ; 441233 Other, with at least one outer ply of non -coniferous wood 
of the species alder ( Alnus  spp.), ash ( Fraxinus spp.), beech ( Fagus  spp.), birch ( Betula  
spp.), cherry ( Prunus  spp.), chestnut ( Castanea  spp.), elm ( Ulmus  spp.), eucalyptus 
(Eucalyptus  spp.), hickory ( Carya  spp.), horse chestnut ( Aesculus  spp.), lime ( Tilia spp.), 
maple ( Acer spp.), oak ( Quercus  spp.), plane tree ( Platanus  spp.), poplar and aspen 
(Populus  spp.), robinia ( Robinia  spp.), tulipwood ( Liriodendron  spp.) or walnut ( Juglans  
spp.); 441234 Other, with at least one outer ply of non -coniferous wood not specified 
under subheading 4412.33 ; 441239 Oth er; 441294 Blockboard, laminboard and 
battenboard ; Other (HS 441299)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 243  (1R) "Tableros de 
madera contrachapada"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE 
INEN No. 243 "Plywood panels") (10 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/465  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by plywood panels, prior to the marketing of domestic and 
imported products, with the aim of protecting human health and safety and preventing 
deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following plywood panels:  
1. Type I : Waterproof exterior and for marine a pplications;  
2. Type II : For indoor use.  
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 2074 :2007, Plywood -- Vocabulary;  
2. 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;  
3. ISO 12460 -4:2016, Wood -based panels -- Determination of formaldehyde release 
-- Part 4 : Desiccator method;  
4. ISO 12466 -1:2007, Plywood -- Bonding quality -- Part 1 : Test methods;  
5. ISO/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the competence of test ing and 
calibration laboratories;  
6. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
7. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
8. ASTM E1333 -14:2014, Standard Test Method for Determining Formaldehyde 
Concentrations in Air and Emission Rates from Wood Products Using a Large 
Chamber;  
9. ASTM D6007 -14:2014, Standard Test Method for Determining Formaldehyde 
Concentrations in Air from Wood Products Using a Small -Scale Chamber;  
10. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 900 :2003, Tableros de madera 
contrachapada . Requisitos ; 
11. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 900  Enmienda 1 : 2014, Tableros de 
madera contrachapada . Requisitos ; 
12. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 1156  (1R):2013, Maderas . 
Terminología ; 
13. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 2342 :2003, Tableros de madera 
contrachapada . Chapas . Requisitos ; 
14. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 896  (2R):2013, Tableros de madera 
aglomerada, contrachapada y de fibras de madera (MDF) . Determinación del 
contenido de humedad ; 
15. Japanese Agricultural Standard JAS 233 :2003, Method for determining the 
concentration of formaldehyde released  by plywood.  G/TBT/N/ECU/465  
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  Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/270  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/270/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/270/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/270/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  
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  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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