G/TBT/N/ECU/483  
26 June 2020 
(20-4433) 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) : 
Bituminous or oil shale and tar san ds (HS 271410) ; Bitumen and asphalt, natural ; 
asphaltites and asphaltic rocks (HS 271490)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 237  (1R) "Cementos 
asfálticos"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 
237: "Asphalt cements") (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by asphalt cements, 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 the following products:  
• Petroleum products . Asphalt cements (penetration asphal t) used as materials 
for paving and other industrial uses.  G/TBT/N/ECU/483  
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  • Petroleum products . Asphalt cements (graded by viscosity) used as paving 
materials for road construction and maintenance and other industrial uses.  
• Diluted asphalt, obtained from mixing refined pet roleum products, used in road 
surface construction and treatment.  
• Cationic emulsified asphalt, used in road construction and maintenance.  
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/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration labor atories.  
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. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 2060 :1996+ Fe de Erratas : 2002, 
Productos derivados del petróleo . Cementos asfálticos.  (Asfaltos de penetración) . 
Requisitos.  
6. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 2061 :1996+ Fe de Erratas : 2009, 
Productos derivados del petróleo . Asfaltos diluidos . Requisitos.  
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 2062 :1996+ Fe de Erratas : 2009, 
Productos derivados del petróleo . Emulsiones asfálticas catiónicas . Requisitos.  
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 2515 :2010+  Enmienda 1:2014, 
Productos derivados del petróleo . Cemento asfáltico (Clasificación por 
viscosidad) . Requisitos.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/266  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/266/Add.1  
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/483  
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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  (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 -OTCEC U@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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