G/TBT/N/ECU/385/Rev.1  
6 November  2019 
(19-7499) 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) : Of a 
cylinder capacity not exceeding 1,000 cc (HS 870321) ; Of a cylinder capacity not 
exceeding 1,500 cc (HS 870331) ; g.v.w. not exceeding 5 tonnes (HS 870421) ; g.v.w. not  
exceeding 5 tonnes (HS 870431) ; With reciprocating internal combustion piston engine 
of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cc (HS 871110) ; With reciprocating internal 
combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 50 cc but not exceeding 250 
cc (HS 871120) ; With reciprocating internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder 
capacity exceeding 250 cc but not exceeding 500 cc (HS 871130) ; With reciprocating 
internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 500 cc but not 
exceedin g 800 cc (HS 871140) ; With reciprocating internal combustion piston engine of 
a cylinder capacity exceeding 800 cc (HS 871150)  G/TBT/N/ECU/385/Rev.1  
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  5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Tercera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatori ano PRTE I NEN 048  (3R) "Vehículos 
automotores de tres ruedas para transporte de pasajeros y para transporte de carga" 
(Draft third revision (3R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 048 "Three -
wheeled motor vehicles for the transport of passeng ers and goods") (13 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by three -wheeled motor vehicles for the transport of passengers 
and goods, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of 
protecting human safety and the environment, and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to : Three-wheeled motor vehicles of subcategory L5, Code TRC2 (see note 1) 
for the transport of passengers and goods, which are assembled, manufactured and 
marketed in, and imported into, Ecuador.  
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 8710 :2010, Motorcycles - Brake s and brake systems - Tests and measurement 
methods;  
2. ISO/IEC 17020 :2012, Conformity assessment - Requirements for the operation of 
various types of bodies performing inspection;  
3. ISO/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the competence of testing a nd 
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 produ ct certification schemes;  
6. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 1155  (2R):2009, Vehículos automotores . 
Dispositivos para mantener o mejorar la visibilidad ; 
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 1669  (1R):2011+Enmienda 1:2015, Vidrios 
de seguridad para automotores . Requisitos ; 
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 1722  (2R):2015, Vidrios de seguridad . 
Determinación de la fragmentación ; 
9. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 1723  (1R):2011, Vidr ios de seguridad . 
Determinación de la resistencia al impacto con esfera de acero ; 
10. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 1724  (1R):2011,  Vidrios de seguridad . 
Determinación de la resistencia al impacto simulado de la cabeza ; 
11. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 1725  (1R):2011, Vidrios de seguridad . 
Determinación de la resistencia al impacto con dardo ; 
12. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 1727  (1R):2011,  Vidrios de seguridad . 
Determinación de la transmisión luminosa ; 
13. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 1729  (1R):2011,  Vidrios de seguridad . 
Determinación de la distorsión óptica ; 
14. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 2100  (2R):2013+ Enmienda 1:2017, 
Neumáticos tipo I y tipo IV . Requisitos ; 
15. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 2558  (1R):2018,  Seguridad en Motocicletas . 
Frenos . Requisitos ; G/TBT/N/ECU/385/Rev.1  
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  16. Ecuadorian Technical Standard  NTE I NEN 2656  (1R):2016, Clasificación Vehicul ar; 
17. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 2675 :2013,  Cinturones de seguridad . 
Requisitos e inspección ; 
18. Council Directive 78/1015/EEC of 2 3 November 1 978 on the approximation of the 
laws of the Member States on the permissible sound level and exhau st system of 
motorcycles;  
19. Directive 2002/51/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 1 9 July 2 002 
on the reduction of the level of pollutant emissions from two - and three -wheel motor 
vehicles and amending Directive 97/24/EC;  
20. Código Federal de Regulaciones para la Protección del Ambiente 40 CFR, Parte 8410 -
2006, Ciclo de prueba FTP -75 de los Estados Unidos de Norte América . 
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/385  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 30 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months 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  
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  
puntocontactoOT CECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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