G/TBT/N/ECU/347/Rev.1  
15 July 2019  
(19-4678) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 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  
Website: www.produccion.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) : Other, not 
reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings (HS 391732) ; 
Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel (HS 7311) ; Pressure -reducing 
valves (HS 848110) ; Safety or relief valves (HS 848140) ; Other appliances (HS 848180)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Cuarta Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 008  (4R) "Tanques y 
cilindros de acero soldados para gas licuado de petróleo (GLP) y sus conjuntos técnicos"  
(Draft fourth re vision (4R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 008 
"Welded steel tanks and cylinders for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and accessories 
thereof") (11 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/347/Rev.1  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by welded steel tanks and cylinders for liquefied petroleum gas 
(LPG) and accessories thereof, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, 
with the aim of protecting human safety and preventin g deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
1. Welded steel cylinders for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)  
2. Flexible connecting hoses for LPG  
3. Low-pressure regulators for LPG  
4. Valves for cylinders for LPG  
5. Manually operated valves (quick -coupling industrial -use valves)  
6. Inspection of steel cylinders for LPG in circulation  
7. Tanks for low -pressure LPG  
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/IEC 17020 :2012, Conformity assessment - Requirements for the operation 
of various types of bodies performing inspection.  
2. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
3. EN 16129:2013, Pressure regulators, automatic change -over devices, having a 
maximum regulated pressure of 4 bar, with a maximum capa city of 150 kg/h, 
associated safety devices and adaptors for butane, propane, and their mixtures.  
4. EN 1106:2010, Manually operated taps for gas burning appliances.  
5. ASME Code, Section VIII, Divisions 1 -2: 2004, design, construction and inspection 
of tanks an d pressure vessels.  
6. Norma NTE I NEN 111  (5R):1998, Cilindros de acero soldados para gas licuado de 
petróleo "GLP" . Requisitos e inspección.  
7. Norma NTE I NEN 116  (3R):2009, Cilindros para GLP de uso doméstico . Válvulas . 
Requisitos e inspección.  
8. Norma NTE I NEN 327  (3R): 2011, Revisión de cilindros de acero para gas licuado 
de petróleo.  
9. Norma NTE I NEN 885  (2R): 2013, Artefactos domésticos a gas licuado de petróleo 
(GLP) . Mangueras flexibles de conexión . Requisitos y pruebas de ensayo.  
10. Norma NTE I NEN 1682 :1998 , Reguladores de baja presión para gas licuado de 
petróleo (GLP) . Requisitos e inspección.  
11. Norma NTE I NEN 2143 :1998, Cilindros de acero soldados para gas licuado de 
petróleo . Requisitos de fabricación.  
12. Norma NTE I NEN 2261  (1R):2015, Tanques para gases a ba ja presión . Requisitos 
e inspección.  
13. Norma NTE I NEN 3027 :2018, Revisión y reparación de válvulas de accionamiento 
automático de cilindros para GLP.  
14. Código de Práctica Ecuatoriano CPE I NEN 11  (2R):2018, Talleres dedicados a la 
reparación de cilindros de ace ro para gas licuado de petróleo, GLP . Requisitos.  G/TBT/N/ECU/347/Rev.1  
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  Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/347  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 30 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 30 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 Perei ra, 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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