G/TBT/N/ECU/480  
11 June 2020 
(20-4150) 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: 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 Qua lity) 
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 ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
Website : 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) : Windows, 
French -windows and their f rames (HS 441810) ; Doors and their frames and thresholds (HS 
441820) ; Doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors (HS 730830) ; Doors, 
windows and their frames and thresholds for doors (HS 761010)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of t he notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 125  (1R) "Puertas y 
Ventanas"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 125 
"Doors and windows") (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by doors and windows, 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 products : Doors and windows of different materials, for use in 
construction.  G/TBT/N/ECU/480  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : 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 attributes - 
Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot 
inspection;  
2. ISO 21542 :2011, Accessibility and usability of the built environment;  
3. ISO/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
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 product certification schemes;  
6. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 320 :1978, Coordinación modular de la 
construcción . Dimensiones modulares de ventanas y puertas ; 
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 747  (1R):2013, Prevención de incendios . 
Puertas cortafuego . Definiciones y terminología ; 
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 754  (1R):2013, Prevención de incendios . 
Puertas cortafuego . Requisitos generales ; 
9. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 805  (1R):2013, Prevención de incendios . 
Puertas cortafuegos abisagradas . Requisitos ; 
10. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 806  (1R):2013, Prevención de incendios . 
Puertas cortafuegos corredizas . Requisitos ; 
11. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 1473  (1R):2013, Prevención de 
incendios . Marcos para puertas cortafuego . Requisitos ; 
12. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 1474  (1R):2013, Prevención de 
incen dios. Puertas cortafuego de madera revestidas de chapa de acero . Requisitos ; 
13. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 1994 :1995, Puertas de madera . Ensayos ; 
14. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 1995  (1R):2010, Puertas de madera . 
Requisitos e inspección ; 
15. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 2309  (1R):2018, Accesibilidad de las 
personas al medio físico . Puertas . Requisitos . 
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/139  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/139/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/139/Add.2  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/480  
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  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 ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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