G/TBT/N/ECU/462  
5 June 2019 
(19-3853) 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: 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)  
Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pe reira, 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: 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) : Unframed 
(HS 700991)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 254 (1R) "Espejos de 
vidrio plano plateado"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE 
INEN 254 : "Silvered flat glass mirrors") (10 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by silver -coated flat glass mirrors, prior to the marketing of 
domestic and imported products, with a view to preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products that are manufactured in, imported into or marketed 
in Ecuador:  
• Rectangular -shaped silvered flat glass mirrors made from clear or tinted float 
glass of a thickness ranging from 2 mm (1/16") to 10 mm (3/8") and supplied in 
stock/standard sizes and as -cut finished sizes, for internal use in buildings.  
It does not apply to:  G/TBT/N/ECU/462  
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  • Mirrors of si lvered glass made from any basic glass other than float glass, any 
processed glass, i.e. thermally toughened safety glass, heat strengthened glass, 
chemically strengthened glass and laminated glass, and any bent glass.  
• Mirrors of silvered glass used in agg ressive and/or constantly high humidity 
atmospheres, e.g. boats, swimming pools, medical baths, saunas, etc.  
• Reflective glass for external glazing applications.  
• This Technical Regulation does not set out the safety requirements for the use of 
glass in cons truction.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection.  
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 9227:2017, Corrosion tests in artificial atmospheres - Salt spray tests.  
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. EN 1036 -1:2008, Glass in building - Mirrors from silver -coated float glass for 
internal use - Part 1 : Definitions, requirements and test methods.  
7. Ecuadorian Technical Stand ard NTE INEN 2705:2014 : Vidrio para la edificación . 
Espejo de vidrio plano . Requisitos e inspección.  
8. ASTM C1503 -08 (Reapproved 2013), Standard Specification for Silvered Flat 
Glass Mirror.  
9. ASTM B117 -18, Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Appa ratus.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/285  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/285/Add.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from notification or thereafter  
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/462  
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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)  
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@prod uccion.gob.ec ; jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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