G/TBT/N/ECU/114  
21 November 2013  
(13-6412)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización, INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: +593 2 250-1885 Fax: +593 2 256-7815 
Email: puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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 la Calidad  (Under-Secretariat for Quality) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña Quito, Ecuador Tel.: +593 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358/2255 
Email: puntocontactootcecu@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2. 10.1 [X], 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): 
8481.10.00.00, 8481.20.00.00, 8481.30.00.00, 8481.80.10.00, 8481.80.20.00, 
8481.80.30.00, 8481.80.40.00, 8481.80.51.00, 8481.80.59.00, 8481.80.70.00, 
8481.80.80.00, 8481.80.91.00 and 8481.90.10.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Reglamento 
Técnico Ecuatoriano de Emergencia RTE IN EN 090 "Valvulas Reductoras de Presión"  
(Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) 
No. 090: "Pressure-reducing valves") (22 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content: The notified emergency Technical Regulation covers the 
following: Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Classification; General conditions; Product 
requirements; Labelling requirements; Sampling; Conformity assessment tests; Reference documents; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection 
authority; Penalty regime; and Liability of conformity assessment bodies. G/TBT/N/ECU/114 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met 
by water pressure-reducing valves and combination water pressure-reducing valves, 
with a view to preventing risks to human safety and life and practices likely to mislead or confuse consumers. 
It applies to domestically produced or imported water pressure-reducing valves 
and combination water pressure-reducing valves marketed in Ecuador, with nominal 
diameters from DN 8 to DN 100 and intended for inlet pressures not exceeding 1.6 MPa and water temperatures not exceeding 30ºC and 80ºC for cold- and hot-water 
applications, respectively.  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: RTE INEN EMERGENTE 090 "VÁLVULAS 
REDUCTORAS DE PRESIÓN"  (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 090: "Pressure-reducing valves"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: 
Registro Oficial  (Official Journal) No. 121 of 12 November 2013.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   As from the date of publication in the 
Official Journal (12 November 2013) 
In force 
10. Final date for comments:  Not applicable 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 
Subsecretaría de la Calidad Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO 
Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: +593 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358/2255 
Email: puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec