G/TBT/N/ECU/448  
27 May 2019  
(19-3638) 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: 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)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, E xt. 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) : Rivets (HS 
731823)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 176 (1R) "Remaches"  
(Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 176 "Rivets") 
(8 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by rivets, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the 
aim of preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
• Convex countersunk head rivets with nominal diameters from 1 mm to 6 mm.  
• Countersunk head rivets with nominal diameters from 1 mm to 8 mm.  
• Round head rivets with nominal diameters from 1 mm to 8 mm.  G/TBT/N/ECU/448  
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  7. Objective and r ationale, 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/IEC 17020:2012, Conformity assessment - Requirements for the operation 
of various types of bodies performing inspection.  
3. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1137(1R):2013 . Remaches de cabeza 
redonda . Requisitos.  
4. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1138(1R):2013 . Remaches de cabeza 
avellanada . Requisitos.  
5. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1139(1R):2013 . Remaches de cabeza 
avellanada abombada . Requisitos.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/165  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/165/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/165/Add.2  
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  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca (MPCEIP)  
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  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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