G/TBT/N/ECU/347  
3 April 2019 
(19-2113) 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) 3825960/90  
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 and 2272  
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoO TCECU@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) : Containers 
for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel (HS 7311) ; -- Other, not reinforced or 
otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings (HS 391732) ; - 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 INEN 008 (4R) "Tanques y 
cilindros de acero soldados para gas licuado de petróleo (GLP) y sus conjuntos técnicos"  
(Draft fourth revision (4R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation 
(PRTE INEN) No. 008 "Welded steel tanks and cylinders for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) 
and accessories th ereof") (10 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/347  
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  6. Description of content : The notified 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 dom estic and imported products, with the 
aim of protecting human safety and preventing misleading practices.  
The notified draft Technical Regulation applies to:  
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. Inspection of steel cylinders for LPG in circulation;  
6. Tanks for low -pressure LPG.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer in formation ; labelling, prevention of misleading practices ; 
consumer protection ; protection of human health and safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory references:  
1 ISO 3864 -1:2011, Graphical symbols -- Safety colours and safety signs -- Part 1 : 
Design p rinciples for safety signs and safety markings;  
2  ISO/IEC 2859 -1:1999, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes - Part 1 : 
Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot inspection;  
3 ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment -- Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
4 Norma EN 16129:2014, Reguladores de presión, inversores automáticos, con una 
presión máxima de salida de 4 bar, con un caudal máximo de 150km/h, dispositivos de 
seguridad asociados y adaptadores para butano, propano y sus mezclas ; 
5 Código ASME Sección VIII Division 1 -2:2004, Diseño, Construcción e Inspección de 
Tanques y Recipientes de Presión ; 
6 National Fire Protection Association Standard NFPA 58:2017, Liquefied Petroleum 
Gas Code;  
7  Norma NTE INEN 111 (5R):1998, Cilindros de acero soldados para gas licuado de 
petróleo "GLP" . Requisitos e inspección ; 
8 Norma NTE INEN 116 (3R):2009, Cilindros para Gas Licuado de Petróle o "GLP" de 
uso doméstico . Válvulas . Requisitos e inspección ; 
9 Norma NTE INEN 1682:1998, Reguladores de baja presión para gas licuado de 
petróleo "GLP" . Requisitos e inspección ; 
10 Norma NTE INEN 2143:1998, Cilindros de acero soldados para gas licuado de 
petróleo "GLP" . Requisitos de fabricación ; 
11  Norma NTE INEN 2261 (1R):2015, Tanques para gases a baja presión . Requisitos 
e inspección;  
12 Norma NTE INEN 2266 (2R):2013, Transporte, almacenamiento y manejo de 
materiales peligrosos . Requisitos ; 
13 Norma NT E INEN 327(3R) : 2011, Revisión de cilindros de acero para gas licuado 
de petróleo "GLP" ; 
14 Norma NTE INEN 3027:2018, Revisión y reparación de válvulas de accionamiento 
automático de cilindros para "GLP" ; 
15 Código de Práctica Ecuatoriano CPE 11 (2R):2018,  Talleres dedicados a la 
reparación de cilindros de acero para gas licuado de petróleo, GLP . Requisitos mínimos.  
TRACEABILITY:  G/TBT/N/ECU/347  
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  1. G/TBT/N/ECU/5  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/5/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/5/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/5/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/5/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/5/Add.5  
7. G/TBT/N/ECU/5/Add.6  
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 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 Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 2) 3948760 Ext. 2254 and 2272  
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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