G/TBT/N/ECU/410  
13 May 2019  
(19-3262) 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 A lfonso 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: 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 n umbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 
7304.24.00.00 Other, of stainless steel ; Other (HS 730429)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN  207 (1R) "Tubos de 
acero utilizados en las industrias de petróleo y del gas para revestimiento (casing) y 
producción (tubing) de pozos"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation 
PRTE INEN No. 207, "Steel pipes used in the oil and gas i ndustries as casing and tubing 
for wells") (10 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by steel pipes used as casing and tubing in oil and gas wells, 
including pup j oints and coupling stock, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported 
products, with a view to protecting human safety and the environment and preventing 
deceptive practices.  G/TBT/N/ECU/410  
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  It applies to the following products:  
• Casing, tubing and pup joints used in oil and gas wells, coupling stock and 
accessory material corresponding to Product Specification Levels PSL -1, PSL -2 
and PSL -3. 
• Pipes threaded with the following types of connections (in accordance with API 
Spec 5B):  
• Short round thread casing (SC);  
• Long round thread casing (LC);  
• Buttress thread casing (BC);  
• Non-upset tubing (NU);  
• External upset tubing (EU);  
• Integral tubing (IJ).  
• Pipes in the following four groups (according to grade):  
• Group 1 : All casing and tubing in Grades H, J, K, N and R;  
• Group 2 : All casing and tubing in Grades C, L, M and T;  
• Group 3 : All casing and tubing in Grade P;  
• Group 4 : All casing and tubing in Grade Q.  
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 ; Protection of the 
environment.  
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 11960:2014, Petroleum and natural gas industries - Steel pipes for use as 
casing or tubing for wells.  
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. API Specification 5CT, 8th Edition : 2005, Specification for Casing and Tubing.  
7. API Specification 5B, 15th Edition : 2008, Specification for Threading, Gauging and 
Thread Inspection of Casing, Tubing, and Line Pipe Threads.  
Notification history:  
• G/TBT/N/ECU/236  
• G/TBT/N/ECU/236/Add.1  
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/410  
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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  
Ministerio de Producción,  Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca (MPCEIP)  
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  
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