G/TBT/N/ECU/405  
3 May 2019 
(19-3061) Page: 1/2 
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:  
Subsecret aría 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 P ereira, 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.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) : 7615.10 
Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof ; pot scourers and scouring or 
polishing pads, gloves and the like ; Of stainless steel (HS 732393)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s ) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 051 (2R) "Ollas a 
presión para uso doméstico" (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical 
Regulation PRTE INEN No. 051 "Household pressure cookers ") (10 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by household pressure cookers made of aluminium or stainless 
steel, 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:  
Pressure cookers made of aluminium or stainless steel having an internal working 
pressure of 140 kPa or less.  G/TBT/N/ECU/405  
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  7. Objecti ve 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 209:2007, Aluminium and aluminium alloys - Chemical composition . 
2. 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.  
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 - Fundamenta ls of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
6. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2382 (1R):2013, Artículos de uso 
doméstico . Ollas a presión . Requisitos.  
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2383 (1R):2013, Artículos de uso 
doméstico . Ollas a presión . Métodos de ensayo.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/59  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/59/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/59/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/59/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/59/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/59/Add.5  
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  
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:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
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