G/TBT/N/ECU/478  
21 November  2019 
(19-7968) 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: 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 Qua lity) 
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 (HS  
700719) ; Other (HS 700729) ; Paving blocks, slabs, bricks, squares, tiles and other 
articles of pressed or moulded glass, whether or not wired, of a kind used for building or 
construction purposes ; glass cubes and other glass smallwares, whether or not on a 
backing, for mosaics or similar decorative purposes ; leaded lights and the like ; 
multicellular or foam glass in blocks, panels, plates, shells or similar forms (HS 7016)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto del 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 242  "Vidrios para edificaciones"  (Draft 
Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE I NEN 242 , "Glass for buildings") (11 pages, in 
Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/478  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establish es the 
requirements to be met by safety glass used in buildings, 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:  
• laminated glass for  buildings;  
• tempered glass for buildings;  
• glass blocks.  
It does not apply to:  
• drawn glass;  
• float glass.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : 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 12543 -1:2011, Glass in building - Laminated glass and laminated safety glass 
- Part 1 : Definitions and description of component parts;  
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. ISO 21690 :2006, Glass in building - Glass blocks - Specification and test 
methods;  
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 1720  (1R):2017, Vidrios . Terminología ; 
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 2066 :1996, Vidrios de seguridad para 
edificaciones . Métodos de ensayo ; 
9. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 2067 :1996, Vidrios de seguridad para 
edificaciones . Requisitos.  
Notification history:  
G/TBT/N/ECU/269  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/478  
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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  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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