G/TBT/N/ECU/273  
 
11 July 2014  
(14-3970)  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.normalizacion.gob.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority design ated 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. 2358/2253 
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 
subheadings 7307.11.00, 7307.19.00, 7307.21.00, 7307.29.00, 7307.91.00, 
7307.99.00, 8484.10.00, 8484.20.00, 8484.90.00, 3926.90.40, 4016.93.00, 4504.90.20, 6812.99.50, 7318.15.90 and 7318.16.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
PRTE INEN 245 "Bridas para Tubería y Accesorios Bridados para Uso Industrial" (Draft 
Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 245: 
"Pipe flanges and flanged fittings for industrial  use") (8 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. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   The notified Technical Regulation lays down the technical requirements to G/TBT/N/ECU/273 
 
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  be met by pipe flanges and flanged fittings for industrial use, with a view to preventing 
safety risks, protecting human life and the environment and preventing practices likely to 
mislead users.  
The Technical Regulation applies to the following domestically manufactured or imported 
products marketed in Ecuador: 
-  Pipe flanges and flanged fittings ma de from cast or forged materials; 
-  Blind flanges and certain reducing flanges made from cast, forged or plate materials;   
-  Flange bolts;  
-  Metal ring-joint gaskets, spiral-wound metal gaskets and metal-jacketed gaskets.  
The Technical Regulation applies to flange s and flanged fittings with the following 
designations: 
-  Flanges with rating class designations 150, 300, 400, 600, 900, and 1500 in sizes 
NPS 1/2 through NPS 24, and flanges with rating class designation 2500 in sizes NPS 
1/2 through NPS 12; 
-  Flanged fittings with rating class designations 150 and 300 in sizes NPS 1/2 through 
NPS 24; 
-  Flanged fittings with rating class designations 400, 600, 900, and 1500 in sizes NPS 
1/2 through NPS 24, and flanged fittings with rating class designation 2500 in sizes NPS 1/2 through NPS 12.    
8. Relevant documents:     
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec ;   
2. Proposal and basic document: PRTE INEN 245 "Bridas para Tubería y Accesorios 
Bridados para Uso Industrial" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 245: "Pipe flanges and flanged fittings for 
industrial use");  
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 as from 8 July 2014 Three months after adoption     
10. Final date for comments:   6 October 2014 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses,  if available, of other body:   
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