G/TBT/N/ECU/474/Rev.1  
6 November  2019 
(19-7504) 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:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@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) : 9620.00 : 
Of iron, steel or aluminium ; Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves, 
mittens and mitts) (HS 392620) ; Other (HS 401590) ; Belts and bandolie rs (HS 420330) ; 
Other clothing accessories (HS 420340) ; Articles of yarn, strip or the like of heading 54.04 
or 54.05, twine, cordage, rope or cables, not elsewhere specified or included (HS 5609) ; 
Other (HS 630790) ; Other (HS 731290) ; Other screws and bol ts, whether or not with 
their nuts or washers (HS 731815) ; Other (HS 731829) ; Other (HS 732690) ; Other (HS 
761090)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 217  (2R) "Equipos de 
protección pndividual contra caídas de altura" (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian G/TBT/N/ECU/474/Rev.1  
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  Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 217: "Personal protective equipment against falls 
from a height") (15 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by personal protective equipment against falls from a height, 
prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecti ng 
human health and safety and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
1. Personal protective equipment : belts for work positioning and restraint;  
2. Personal protective equipment against falls from a height : safety harnesses;  
3. Connection subsystems : lanyards, energy absorbers, retractable -type fall 
arresters and connectors supplied with personal protective equipment against 
falls from a height;  
4. Anchor devices for use solely with personal protective equipment against f alls 
from a height;  
5. Personal protective equipment and systems for fall prevention during 
construction and demolition activities.  
It does not apply to:  
1. Systems used for handling materials and sports -related activities;  
2. Lanyards or systems used to lift loads , objects, materials or goods.  
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 
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 schemes;  
5. EN 354:2010, Personal fall protection equipment . Lanyards;  
6. EN 355:2002, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height . Energy 
absorbers;  
7. EN 358:2018, Personal protective equipment for work positioning and 
prevention of falls from a height . Belts and lanyards for work positioning or 
restraint;  
8. EN 360:2002, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height . 
Retractable type fall arresters;  
9. EN 361:2002, Personal prote ctive equipment against falls from a height . Full 
body harness;  
10. EN 362:2004, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height . 
Connectors;  
11. EN 363:2018, Personal fall protection equipment . Personal fall protection 
systems;  G/TBT/N/ECU/474/Rev.1  
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  12. EN 795:2012, Personal fal l protection equipment . Anchor devices . Requirements 
and testing;  
13. ANSI/ASSE Z359.0:2012, Definitions and Nomenclature Used for Fall Protection 
and Fall Arrest;  
14. ANSI/ASSE Z359.3:2017, Safety Requirements for Lanyards and Positioning 
Lanyards;  
15. ANSI/ASSE Z359 .11:2014, Safety Requirements for Full Body Harnesses;  
16. ANSI/ASSE Z359.12:2019, Connecting Components for Personal Fall Arrest 
Systems;  
17. ANSI/ASSE Z359.13:2013, Personal Energy Absorbers and Energy Absorbing 
Lanyards;  
18. ANSI/ASSE Z359.14:2014, Safety Requireme nts for Self -Retracting Devices for 
Personal Fall Arrest and Rescue Systems;  
19. ANSI/ASSE Z359.18:2017, Safety Requirements for Anchorage Connectors for 
Active Fall Protection Systems.  
Notification history:  
G/TBT/N/ECU/474  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 30 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : 6 months from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 30 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 Uni ón 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  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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