G/TBT/N/ECU/412  
13 May 2019  
(19-3264) Page: 1/2 
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 numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Exercise 
books (HS 482020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 087 (1R) "Cuadernos"  
(Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 087 "Exercise 
books") (12 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  
The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by 
exercise books[1], prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim 
of protecting human health and safety and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to exercise books, regardless of the system used to bind the sheets of paper.  
It does not apply to c orporate, business, promotional or advertising notebooks, or diaries.  
Note[1] : Although exercise books tend to be used mainly in school activities and by 
students, they can also be used for other purposes in business, trade and industry, etc.  
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.  G/TBT/N/ECU/412  
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  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/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 sche mes. 
5. ISO 534:2011, Paper and board - Determination of thickness, density and specific 
volume.  
6. ISO 536:2012, Paper and board - Determination of grammage.  
7. ISO 287 : 2017, Paper and board - Determination of moisture content of a lot - 
Oven-drying method.  
8. ISO 216:2007, Writing paper and certain classes of printed matter - Trimmed 
sizes - A and B series, and indication of machine direction.  
9. ISO 1924 -2:2008, Paper and board - Determination of tensile properties - Part 2 : 
Constant rate of elongation method (20  mm/min).  
10. ISO 1974:2012, Paper - Determination of tearing resistance - Elmendorf method.  
11. NTE INEN 1791(2R):2015 + Corrigendum 1:2015, Papel y Cartón . Cuadernos . 
Requisitos.  
12. NTE INEN 1792(1R):2016, Papel y cartón . Rayado para cuadernos escolares . 
Requisitos . 
13. NTE INEN 2904:2015, Papel y cartón . Papel para cuadernos . Requisitos.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/103  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/103/Add.1  
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, 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  
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