G/TBT/N/ECU/356/Rev.2  
25 November  2020 
(20-8509) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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: 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  (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email: puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
Website: www.produccion.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) : Structures 
and parts of structures, of iron or steel (excluding bridges and bridge -sections ; towers 
and lattice masts ; doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors ; equipment 
for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or pitpropping) (HS 730890)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 026  (2R) "Alcantarillas 
y placas estructurales corrugadas de acero con recubrimiento para alcantarillas" (Draft 
second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE 
INEN) No. 026 "Coated corrugated steel culverts and structural plates for sewage 
conduits") (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by coated corrugated steel culverts and structural plates for sewage conduits, 
prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting 
human safety and preventing deceptive practices.  G/TBT/N/ECU/356/Rev.2  
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  It applies to the fo llowing products:  
• Corrugated galvanized metal culverts;  
• Corrugated galvanized structural steel plates, whether or not epoxy -coated, for 
sewage conduits.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety  
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 17025 :2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
3. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
4. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
5. Norma NTE I NEN 1674  (2R):2005, Alcantarillas metálicas galvanizadas 
corrugadas . Requisitos ; 
6. Norma NTE I NEN 2416 :2008 . Placas estructurales corrugadas de acero de paso 
grande con recubrimiento, para tubería cerrada de alcantarilla y arcos de 
alcantarilla empernables . Requisit os e inspección . 
Notification history:  
G/TBT/N/ECU/356  
G/TBT/N/ECU/356/Rev.1  
G/TBT/N/ECU/356/Rev.1/Add.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 30 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 30 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: puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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