G/TBT/N/ECU/376  
24 April 2019 
(19-2712) 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) : Barbed 
wire of iron or steel ; twisted hoop or single flat wire, barbed or not, and loosely twisted 
double wire, of a kind used for fencing, of iron or steel (HS 7313) ; Nails, tacks, drawing 
pins, corrugated nail s, staples (other than those of heading 83.05) and similar articles, of 
iron or steel, whether or not with heads of other material, but excluding such articles with 
heads of copper (HS 7317) ; Not plated or coated, whether or not polished (HS 721710) ; 
Plated or coated with zinc (HS 721720) ; Other (HS 731419) ; Plated or coated with zinc 
(HS 731431) ; Plated or coated with zinc (HS 731441)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Tercera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ec uatoriano PRTE INEN 045 (3R) "Productos de 
alambre" (Draft third revision (3R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical 
Regulation PRTE INEN No. 045 "Wire products") (13 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/376  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by wire products, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, 
with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing misleading practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the foll owing products:  
• Low-carbon drawn steel wire for general purposes;  
• Barbed wire;  
• Galvanized steel wire;  
• Steel, aluminium and copper staples;  
• Nails;  
• Wire for mattress spring structures;  
• Tacks : (a) Low -carbon steel tacks ; (b) Steel tacks for general purposes;  
• Lightweight galvanized welded wire mesh;  
• Galvanized hexagonal wire mesh.  
The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to : Drawing pins ; Hooks.  
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.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory references:  
1. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes 
- Part 1 : Sampling sch emes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot 
inspection;  
2. ISO 6892 -1:2016, Metallic materials - Tensile testing - Part 1 : Method of test at 
room temperature;  
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 declaratio n of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
6. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 611 (2R):2013, Productos de ala mbre. 
Clavos, tachuelas, alcayatas, grapas y puntas . Terminología ; 
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 612 (2R):2013, Productos de alambre . 
Clavos de acero de bajo carbono . Dimensiones y tolerancias ; 
9. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 625 (1R) :2009, Productos de alambre . 
Grapas . Requisitos ; 
10. Ecuadorian Technical Standard  NTE INEN 626 (3R):2016, Productos de alambre . 
Clavos de acero de uso general . Requisitos ; 
11. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 627 (1R):2013, Productos de alambre . 
Puntas. Dimensiones y tolerancias ; 
12. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 884 (3R):2015, Productos de alambre . 
Alambre con púas . Requisitos ; G/TBT/N/ECU/376  
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  13. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2031 (2R):2016, Alambres para 
estructura de resortes en colchones . Requisitos ; 
14. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2201:1998, Alambre de acero 
galvanizado . Requisitos e inspección ; 
15. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2480 (1R):2015, Alambre de acero 
trefilado de bajo contenido de carbono para usos generales . Requisitos ; 
16. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 3126:2017, Productos de alambre . Malla 
electrosoldada liviana galvanizada . Requisitos y métodos de ensayo ; 
17. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 3130:2017, Productos de alambre . Malla 
hexagonal ga lvanizada . Requisitos y métodos de ensayo . 
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/51  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/51/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/51/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/51/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/51/Add.4  
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 b ody: 
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  
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