G/TBT/N/ECU/424  
14 May 2019 
(19-3302) 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) : 8544.42 
-- Fitted with connectors ; Co-axial cable and other co -axial electric conductors (HS 
854420) ; Other (HS 854449)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Re visión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 098 (1R) "Cables de 
transmisión de voz y datos" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation 
PRTE INEN No. 098 "Voice and data cables") (10 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by voice and data cables, prior to the marketing of domestic and 
imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing deceptive 
practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
1. Co-axial cables;  G/TBT/N/ECU/424  
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  2. Lead-in telephone cables, telephone cables for outdoor installations, and crossover 
telephone cables;  
3. Outdoor telephone cables;  
4. Twisted pair cables (UTP, STP, FTP, S -FTP). 
The notified Technical Regul ation does not apply to:  
1. Voice and data cables manufactured specifically for oil or mining installations, or 
for permanent or mobile offshore installations;  
2. Short co -axial cables (all types) fitted with connectors.  
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 11801 -1:2017+Cor 1:2018, Information technology - Generic cabling for 
customer premises - Part 1 : General requirements;  
3. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
4. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
5. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
6. IEC 60708:2005, Low -frequency cables with polyolefin insulation and moisture 
barrier polyolefin sheath;  
7. IEC 61156 -1:2009+Amd1:2009, Multicore and symmetrical pair/quad cables for 
digital communications - Part 1 : Generic specification;  
8. IEC 61196 -1:2005, Coaxial communication cables - Part 1 : Generic specification - 
General, definitions and requirements;  
9. UL 444:2017, Communications Cables;  
10. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2538:2010, Cables telefónicos de 
acometida, instalaciones interiores y de cruzada . Requisitos.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/280  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/280/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/280/Add.2  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of 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  G/TBT/N/ECU/424  
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  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  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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