G/TBT/N/ECU/173  
11 February 2014  
(14-0811)  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 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 or 2253 
Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; 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): HS tariff 
heading 7318.14.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 170, "Tornillos Autorroscantes y Autotaladrantes"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PRTE INEN) No. 170: "Self-tapping and self-d rilling screws") (7 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Description; 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/173 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified draft Technical Regulation applies to the following domestically 
manufactured or imported products that are marketed in Ecuador: 
Self-tapping threaded screws; 
Hexagon-head self-tapping screws; Slotted pan-head self-tapping screws; 
Slotted countersunk (flat)-head self-tapping screws; 
Slotted raised countersunk (oval)-head self-tapping screws; Heat-treated steel self-tapping screws; 
Stainless steel self-tapping screws; 
Cross-recessed pan-head self-tapping screws; Cross-recessed countersunk (flat)-head self-tapping screws; 
Cross-recessed raised countersunk (oval)-head self-tapping screws; 
Hexagon washer-head self-tapping screws; Self-tapping screw and washer assemblies with plain washers; Self-drilling screws with tapping screw thread; 
Plain washers for self-tapping screw and washer assemblies. Normal and large series. 
Product grade A; Hexalobular-socket pan-head self-tapping screws; 
Hexalobular-socket countersunk-head self-tapping screws; 
Hexalobular-socket raised countersunk (oval)-head self-tapping screws; Hexagon washer-head self-drilling screws with tapping screw thread; 
Cross-recessed pan-head self-drilling screws with tapping screw thread; 
Cross-recessed countersunk-head self-drilling screws with tapping screw thread; Cross-recessed raised countersunk-head self-drilling screws with tapping screw thread.  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec; 
2. Proposal and basic document: PRTE INEN 170, "Tornillos Autorroscantes y 
Autotaladrantes"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 170: "Self-tapping and self-drilling screws"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: 
Registro Oficial  (Official Journal).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days from 6 February 2014. 
Six months after adoption. 
10. Final date for comments: 7 May 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:  aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
 puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec