G/TBT/N/ECU/354  
8 April 2019 
(19-2247) 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) : Angles, 
shapes and sections of iron or non -alloy steel (HS 7216) ; Other bars and rods, not further 
worked than hot -rolled, hot -drawn or extruded (HS 722830) ; - Angles, shapes and 
sections (HS 722870)  
5. Title, numb er of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Tercera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 018 (3R) "Perfiles 
abiertos de acero conformados en frío y perfiles de acero laminados en caliente"  (Draft 
third revision (3R) o f Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE 
INEN) No. 018 "Open angles, shapes and sections of cold -formed steel, and angles, 
shapes and sections of hot -rolled steel") (12 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/354  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Te chnical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by open angles, shapes and sections of cold -formed steel, and angles, shapes 
and sections of hot -rolled steel, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, 
with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing misleading practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products:  
1. Open angles, shapes and sections of cold -formed steel for structural use;  
2. Special open, light, pre -galvanized and cold -formed angle s, shapes and sections 
for use in load -bearing structures;  
3. Open angles, shapes and sections of hot -rolled steel.  
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 acceptanc e quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot 
inspection;  
2. ISO 6892 -1:2016, Metallic materials -- Tensile testing -- Part 1 : Method of test at 
room temperature;  
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 INEN 602 (1R):2013, Recubrimientos metálicos 
no magnéticos sobre metal base magnético y no magnético . Determinación del espesor 
de recubrimiento por el método magnético ; 
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1172 (1R):2013, Recubrimientos de zinc 
por inmersión sobre materiales ferrosos . Determinación de la masa depositada por unidad 
de superficie . Método gravimétrico ; 
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1623 (4R):2015, Perfiles abiertos de 
acero conformados en frío negros o galvanizados para uso estructural . Requisitos e 
Inspección ; 
9. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2215 (1R):2012, Perfiles de acero 
laminados  en caliente . Requisitos ; 
10. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2526:2010, Perfiles especiales abiertos, 
livianos, pregalvanizados y conformados en frío para uso en estructuras portantes . 
Requirements.  
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/13  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/13 /Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/13/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/13/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/13/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/13/Add.1/Suppl.1  G/TBT/N/ECU/354  
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  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 -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  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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