G/TBT/N/ECU/423  
13 May 2019 
(19-3284) 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) : Other 
locks (HS 830140)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 166 (1R) "Cerraduras 
mecánicas y e lectromecánicas para puertas" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian 
Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 166 "Mechanical and electromechanical door locks") 
(11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by mechanical and electromechanical door locks, 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 product s: 
• Bolts 
• Locks for fire and smoke doors  G/TBT/N/ECU/423  
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  • Mechanically operated locks  
• Interconnected locks  
• Auxiliary locks  
• Electromechanical ly operated  locks 
It does not apply to lock devices such as:  
• Lock cylinders  
• Mechanical cylinders  
• Handles  
• Window locks  
• Padlocks  
• Safe locks 
• Vehicle locks  
• Furniture locks  
• Prison locks  
• Electrically controlled anti -panic devices for emergency exits  
• Smart cards  
• Digital codes  
• Magnetic cards  
• Electromagnetic locks  
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.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Normative references:  
1. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by at tributes 
- Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-
lot inspection.  
2. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories.  
3. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements.  
4. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
5. EN 12209:2017, Building hardware - Mechanically operat ed locks and locking 
plates - Requirements and test methods.  
6. EN 1484:2010, Building hardware - Locks and latches - Electromechanically 
operated locks and striking plates - Requirements and test methods.  
7. ANSI/BHMA A156.40:2015, Residential deadbolts.  
8. ANSI/BHMA A156.12:2018, Interconnected locks.  
9. ANSI/BHMA A156.36:2016, Auxiliary locks.  
10. ANSI/BHMA A156.39:2015, Residential locksets and latches.  
11. ANSI/BHMA A156.2:2017, Bored and preassembled locks and latches  G/TBT/N/ECU/423  
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  Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/169  
2. G/TBT/N/E CU/169/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/169/Add.2  
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  
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, Inve rsiones 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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