G/TBT/N/ECU/350  
8 April 2019 
(19-2239) 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 A lfonso 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  
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 cov ered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Other grill, 
netting and fencing, welded at the intersection (HS 73143) ; Containing indentations, ribs, 
grooves or other defor mations produced during the rolling process (HS 721310) ; Forged 
(HS 721410) ; Containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced 
during the rolling process or twisted after rolling (HS 721420) ; Other, of free -cutting steel 
(HS 721430) ; Other (HS 721499) ; Plated or coated with zinc (HS 721720) ; Grill, netting 
and fencing, welded at the intersection, of wire with a maximum cross -sectional 
dimension of 3 mm or more and having a mesh size of 100 cm² or more (HS 731420) ; 
Plated or coated with z inc (HS 731441) ; Other (HS 731449) ; Articles of iron or steel wire 
(HS 732620).  G/TBT/N/ECU/350  
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  5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de la 
Quinta Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 016 (5R) "Productos de 
acero para refuerzo de Hormigón Armado"  (Draft fifth revision (5R) of Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 016 "Steel products for 
concrete reinforcement") (10 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified  draft Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by steel products for concrete reinforcement, prior to the 
marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety 
and preventing misleading practices.  
The noti fied Technical Regulation applies to the following products:  
1. Hot-rolled corrugated and plain carbon steel rods for concrete reinforcement, 
whether in bars or coils;  
2. Deformed hot -rolled, weldable, micro -alloyed and heat treated steel rods for 
concrete reinf orcement, whether in bars or coils;  
3. Cold-formed wire for concrete reinforcement;  
4. Electrically -welded wire mesh for concrete reinforcement, made with cold -formed 
wire; 
5. Steel fibres.  
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. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, 
Procedimientos de muestreo para inspección por atributos . Parte 1 . Programas de 
muestreo clasificados por el nivel aceptable de calidad (AQL) para inspección lote 
a lote ; 
2. ISO 6892 -1:2017, 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 22034 -1:2007, Steel wire and wire products -- Part 1 : General test methods;  
5. ISO 13270:2013, Steel fibres for concre te -- Definitions and specifications;  
6. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment -- Supplier's declaration of 
conformity -- Part 1 : General requirements;  
7. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment -- Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for  product certification schemes;  
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 102(5R):2017, Varillas corrugadas y 
lisas de acero al carbono laminadas en caliente para hormigón armado . 
Requisitos ; 
9. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1511(3R):2016, Alambre confo rmado 
en frío para hormigón armado . Requisitos ; 
10. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2167(3R):2017, Varillas corrugadas y 
lisas de acero al carbono, laminadas en caliente, soldables, microaleadas o 
termotratadas, para hormigón armado . Requisitos ; 
11. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2209(1R):2012, Mallas Electrosoldadas 
para refuerzo de hormigón elaboradas con alambres de acero conformados en 
frío. Requisitos . G/TBT/N/ECU/350  
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  Traceability:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/11  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/11/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/11/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/11/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/11/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/11/Add.5  
7. G/TBT/N/ECU/11/Add.6  
8. G/TBT/N/ECU/11/Add.7  
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@producc ion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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