G/TBT/N/ECU/345  
3 April 2019 
(19-2111) 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) 3825960/90  
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 Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 2) 3948760 Ext. 2254 and 2272  
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoO TCECU@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) : Gypsum ; 
anhydrite ; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not 
coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders (HS 2520) ; 
Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of 
heading 28.25 (HS 2522) ; - Portland cement:  (HS 25232) ; - Other hydraulic cements 
(HS 252390)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento T écnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 007 (2R) "Cementos, 
cal y yeso para la construcción"  (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 007, "Cement, lime and gypsum for 
construction") (11 pages, in Spanis h) G/TBT/N/ECU/345  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by the different types of cement, lime and gypsum for construction purposes, 
prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of p rotecting 
human safety and health and preventing misleading practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products:  
1 Portland cement;  
2 Blended hydraulic cement;  
3 Masonry cement;  
4 Mortar cement;  
5 Plastic cement for plaster;  
6 Hydraulic cement;  
7 Hydraulic hydrated lime for construction purposes  
8 Hydrated lime for use in masonry;  
9 Quicklime for structural purposes;  
10 Gypsum for construction purposes.  
It does not apply to:  
Cement and other binders for special purposes, such as  cement for oil wells and epoxy 
cement.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information ; labelling, prevention of misleading practices ; 
consumer protection ; protection of human health and safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory 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 17020:2012, Conformity assessment -- Requirements for the operation of 
various types of bodies performing inspection;  
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 Norma NTE INEN 151 (3R):2010, Cemento hidráulico . Definición de términos ; 
7 Norma NTE INEN 152 (5R):2012, Cemento Portland . Requisitos ; 
8 Norma NTE INEN 246 (1R):2010, Cal hidráulica hidratada para construcción . 
Requisitos ; 
9 Norma NTE INEN 247 (1R):2010, Cal hidratada para uso en mampostería . 
Requisito s; 
10 Norma NTE INEN 248 (1R):2010, Cal viva para propósitos estructurales . 
Requisitos ; 
11 Norma NTE INEN 252:1978, Cales . Definiciones y clasificación ; 
12 Norma NTE INEN 490 (5R):2011, Cementos hidráulicos compuestos . Requisitos ; 
13 Norma NTE INEN 1684:19 89, Yesos para construcción . Terminología ; 
14 Norma NTE INEN 1685 (1R):2010, Yeso para construcción . Requisitos ; 
15 Norma NTE INEN 1806 (2R):2016, Cemento para mampostería . Requisitos ; G/TBT/N/ECU/345  
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  16 Norma NTE INEN 1902(4R):2017, Cementos . Rotulado de Fundas . Requisitos ; 
17 Norma NTE INEN 2615:2012, Cemento para mortero . Requisitos ; 
18 Norma NTE INEN 2660:2013, Cemento plástico para revoques . Requisitos ; 
19 Norma NTE INEN 2380(2R):2011, Cemento hidráulico . Requisitos de desempeño 
para cementos hidráulicos . 
TRACE ABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/4  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/4/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/4/Add.2  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 165 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of 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  (Under -Secretaria t 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 and 2272  
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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