G/TBT/N/ECU/465/Rev.1  
31 March  2021 
(21-2698) 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:  
puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoECU@gmail.com  
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchezc@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) : 
4412.10.00.00 - Of bamboo 4412.31.00 .00- - With at least one outer ply of tropical wood. 
4412.33.00.00 - - Other, with at least one outer ply of non -coniferous wood of the species 
alder ( Alnus  spp.), ash ( Fraxinus  spp.), beech ( Fagus  spp.), birch ( Betula  spp.), cherry 
(Prunus  spp.), chestnut (Castanea  spp.), elm ( Ulmus  spp.), eucalyptus ( Eucalyptus  spp.), 
hickory ( Carya  spp.), horse chestnut ( Aesculus  spp.), lime ( Tilia spp.), maple ( Acer spp.), 
oak (Quercus  spp.), plane tree ( Platanus  spp.), poplar and aspen ( Populus  spp.), robinia 
(Robinia  spp.), tulipwood ( Liriodendron  spp.) or walnut ( Juglans  spp.); 4412.34.00.00 - - 
Other, with at least one outer ply of non -coniferous wood not specified under subheading 
4412.33 4412.39.00.00 - - Other 4412.94.00.00 - - Blockboard, laminboard and 
battenboard ; Other 412.99.00.00 - - Other ; Plywood, veneered panels and similar 
laminated wood (excluding "densified" wood panels, cellullar wood panels, parquet 
panels, marquetry, inlaid wood, panels recognizable as parts of furniture) (HS 4412)  G/TBT/N/ECU/465/Rev.1  
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  5. Title, num ber of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Tècnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 243  (1R) "Tableros de 
madera contrachapada"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE 
INEN No. 243 "Pl ywood panels") (10 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by plywood panels, prior to the marketing of domestic and 
imported products, with the aim of protecting hu man health and safety and preventing 
deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following plywood panels:  
• Type I : Waterproof exterior and for marine applications  
• Type II : For indoor use.  
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 2074 :2007+Amd 1:2017, Plywood . Vocabulary.  
2. ISO 12460 -4:2016, Wood -based panels - Determination of formaldehyde 
release - Part 4 : Desiccator method.  
3. ISO 12466 -1:2007+Amd 1:2013 , Plywood Bonding Quality . Part 1. Test 
Methods.  
4. ISO 16979 :2003, Wood -Based Panels . Determination of moisture content.  
5. ISO/IEC 1 7025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories.  
6. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
7. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
8. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by 
attributes - Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality lim it (AQL) 
for lot -by-lot inspection.  
9. ASTM E1333 -14:2014, Standard test method for determining formaldehyde 
concentrations in air and emission rates from wood products using a large 
chamber.  
10. ASTM D6007 -14:2014, Standard test method for determining formaldehy de 
concentrations in air from wood products using a small -scale chambe r. 
11. Norma NTE I NEN 900 :2003+Enmienda 1:2014+Enmienda 2:2017, Tableros de 
madera contrachapada . Requisitos.  
12. Norma NTE I NEN 1156  (1R):2013, Maderas . Terminología.  
13. Norma NTE I NEN 2342 :2003, Tableros de madera contrachapada . Chapas . 
Requisitos.  
14. Norma NTE I NEN 896  (2R):2013, Tableros de madera aglomerada, 
contrachapada y de fibras de madera (MDF) . Determinación del contenido de 
humedad.  
Notification history:  
G/TBT/N/ECU/465  G/TBT/N/ECU/465/Rev.1  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption 60 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months 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:  
puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoECU@gmail.com  
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion .gob.ec  
jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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