G/TBT/N/ECU/474  
6 June 2019 
(19-3917) 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)  
Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pe reira, 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: 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 nat ional tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 962000 : 
Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles ; Articles of yarn, strip or the like of heading 
54.04 or 54.05, twine, cordage, rope or cables, not elsewhere specified  or included (HS 
5609) ; Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves, mittens and mitts) 
(HS 392620) ; Other (HS 401590) ; Belts and bandoliers (HS 420330) ; Other clothing 
accessories (HS 420340) ; Other (HS 630790) ; Other (HS 731290) ; Other screws and 
bolts, whether or not with their nuts or washers (HS 731815) ; Other (HS 731829) ; Other 
(HS 732690) ; Other (HS 761090).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecua toriano PRTE INEN 217 (2R) "Equipos de 
Protección Individual contra caídas de altura" (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian 
Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 217: "Personal protective equipment used to prevent 
falls from a height") (16 pages, in Spani sh) G/TBT/N/ECU/474  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by personal protective equipment used to prevent falls from a 
height, 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 products:  
1. Personal protective equipment : belts for work positioning and restraint.  
2. Personal protective equipment used to prevent falls from a height : safety 
harnesses.  
3. Connection subsystems : lanyards, energy absorbers, retractable -type fall 
arresters and connectors supplied with personal protective equipment used to 
prevent falls from a height.  
4. Anchor devices for use solely with personal protective equipme nt used to prevent 
falls from a height.  
5. Personal protective equipment and systems for fall prevention during construction 
and demolition activities.  
It does not apply to:  
1. Systems used for handling materials  and sports -related activities . 
2. Lanyards or systems used to lift loads, objects, materials or goods.  
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 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/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories.  
3. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements.  
4. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessmen t - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
5. EN 354:2002, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height . 
Lanyards.  
6. EN 355:2002, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height . Energy 
absorbers.  
7. EN 358:2000, Personal protective equipment for work positioning and prevention 
of falls from a height . Belts for work positioning and restraint and work positioning 
lanyards.  
8. EN 360:2002, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height . 
Retractable type fall arresters.  
9. EN 361:2002, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height . Full body 
harnesses.  
10. EN 362:2005, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height . 
Connectors.  
11. EN 363:2009, Personal fall protection equipment . Personal fall protection 
systems.  G/TBT/N/ECU/474  
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  12. EN 795:2001, Personal fall protection equipment . Anchor devices . Requirements 
and testing.  
13. ANSI/ASSE Z359.3:2017, Safety Requirements for Lanyards and Positioning 
Lanyards.  
14. ANSI/ASSE Z359.11:2014, Safety Requirements for  Full Body Harnesses.  
15. ANSI/ASSE Z359.12:2009, Connecting Components for Personal Fall Arrest 
Systems.  
16. ANSI/ASSE Z359.13:2013, Personal Energy Absorbers and Energy Absorbing 
Lanyards.  
17. ANSI/ASSE Z359.14:2014, Safety Requirements for Self -Retracting Devices f or 
Personal Fall Arrest and Rescue Systems.  
18. ANSI/ASSE Z359.15:2014, Safety Requirements for Single Anchor Lifelines and 
Fall Arresters for Personal Fall Arrest and Rescue Systems.  
19. ANSI/ASSE Z359.18:2017, Safety Requirements for Anchorage Connectors for 
Active Fall Protection Systems . Part of the Fall Protection Code.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/217  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/217/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/217/Add.2  
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  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca (MPCEIP)  
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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