G/TBT/N/ECU/351  
8 April 2019 
(19-2243) 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) : 2710.12 
- Light oils and preparations ; 2710.20 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous 
minerals (other than crude) and preparations  not elsewhere specified or included, 
containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous 
minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations, containing biodiesel, 
other than waste oils ; Petroleum gases  and other gaseous hydrocarbons (HS 2711) ; 
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude and 
preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of 
petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bitumin ous minerals, these oils being the basic 
constituents of the preparations, other than waste oils (HS 27101)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 028 ( 2R) 
"Combustibles"  (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 028 "Fuels") (12 pages(s), in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/351  
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  6. Description of content : The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by fuels, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported 
products, with the aim of protecting human safety and health, and the environment, and 
preventing misleading practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the follow ing products:  
1. Natural gas;  
2. Liquefied petroleum gas;  
3. Aviation gasoline;  
4. Gasoline;  
5. Fuels for two -stroke engines;  
6. Jet fuel A -1; 
7. Diesel;  
8. Fuel oil;  
9. Biodiesel.  
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 ; protection of the 
environment.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory references:  
1. ISO 10715:1997, Nat ural gas -- Sampling guidelines;  
2. ISO 14532:2014, Natural gas -- Vocabulary;  
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. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D1265 -11:2017, Standard 
Practice for Sampling Liquefied Petroleum (LP)  Gases, Manual Method;  
8. ASTM D4057 -12:2018, Standard Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and 
Petroleum Products;  
9. ASTM D4177 -16e1:2016, Standard Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum 
and Petroleum Products;  
10. ASTM D5854 -96:2015, Standard  Practice for Mixing and Handling of Liquid Samples 
of Petroleum and Petroleum Products;  
11. ASTM D5503 -94:2003, Standard Practice for Natural Gas Sample -Handling and 
Conditioning Systems for Pipeline Instrumentation;  
12. Ecuadorian Technical Standard  NTE INEN 675 (1R):2017, Productos derivados de 
petróleo . Gas licuado de petróleo (GLP) . Requisitos ; 
13. Ecuadorian Technical Standard  NTE INEN 935 (9R):2016, Productos derivados de 
petróleo . Gasolina . Requisitos ; G/TBT/N/ECU/351  
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  14. Ecuadorian Technical Standard  NTE INEN 1489  (7R):2012+Enmienda 1:2013, 
Productos derivados de petróleo . Diesel. Requisitos ; 
15. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1983 (2R):2016 Productos derivados de 
petróleo . Fuel Oil . Requisitos ; 
16. Ecuadorian Technical Standard  NTE INEN 2070 (1R):2006+Enmi enda 1:2015 
Productos derivados del petróleo . Jet A1 . Requisitos ; 
17. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2223 (1R):2003 Productos derivados del 
petróleo . Combustible para motores de dos tiempos . Requisitos ; 
18. Ecuadorian Technical Standard  NTE INEN 2258 (1R):2017 Productos derivados de 
petróleo . Gasolina para aviación . Requisitos ; 
19. Ecuadorian Technical Standard  NTE INEN 2341(1R):2013 Productos del petróleo . 
Productos relacionados con el petróleo y afines . Definiciones ; 
20. Ecuadorian Tec hnical Standard  NTE INEN 2482:2009+Enmienda 1:2013, Biodiesel . 
Requisitos ; 
21. Ecuadorian Technical Standard  NTE INEN 2489:2009 Gas natural . Requisitos ; 
22. Reglamento de Operaciones Hidrocarburiferas:2018 -02-02, del Ministerio de 
hidrocarburos . 
TRACEABILI TY: 
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/66  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/66/Add.2  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/66/Add.1  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/66/Add.4  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/66/Add.3  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/66/Add.5  
7. G/TBT/N/ECU/66/Add.6  
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@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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