G/TBT/N/ECU/264  
4 July 2014  
(14-3831)  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) 
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Diego de Almagro Tel.: (+593) 2 250-1885 Fax: (+593) 2 256-7815 
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
Name and address (including telephon e 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 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 or 2253 
Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  / PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.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): 
8481.40.00. Safety or relief valves (HS 848140) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de PRTE 
INEN 235, "Válvulas de Seguridad" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 235: "Safety valves") (6 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Product requirements; Labelling requirements; Sampling; 
Conformity assessment tests; Reference documents; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of conformity assessment 
bodies; and Review and updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/264 
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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 safety 
valves, with a view to preventing risks to human life and safety and the environment, and practices likely to mislead users. 
 It applies to domestically manufactured and imported safety valves marketed in 
Ecuador, whether or not pilot operated, regardless of the fluid for which they have 
been designed. 
 It applies to safety valves with a fluid flow diameter of 6mm or more that are used 
for set pressures of 0.1 manometric bar and above. There is no temperature limit. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/  / 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de PRTE INEN 235, "Válvulas de Seguridad" 
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 
235: "Safety valves"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days from 26 June 2014 
Proposed date of entry into force: 90 days after adoption and publication in the Official 
Journal  
10. Final date for comments: 24 September 2014 
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 or 2253 
Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  / PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/