G/TBT/N/ECU/491  
29 October  2020 
(20-7575) 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 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 Qua lity) 
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
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.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 provid ed in addition, where applicable) : Aluminium 
bars, rods and profiles, n.e.s. (HS 7604) ; Aluminium tubes and pipes (excluding hollow 
profiles) (HS 7608)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Re glamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 251  (1R) "Perfiles, 
barras, varillas y tubos extruidos de aluminio"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian 
Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 251, "Extruded aluminium profiles, bars, rods, tubes 
and pipes") (9 pages , in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/491  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by extruded aluminium profiles, bars, rods, tubes and pipes 
primarily intended for architectural and structural applications, prior to the marketing of 
domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing 
deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
Aluminium alloy profiles, bars, rods, tubes and pipes that are heat -treated or not heat -
treated in accordance with their chemical composition, primarily intended for architectural 
and structural applications.  
Architectural . Refers to extruded profiles, bars, rods, tubes and pipes used in the 
construction industry, in decorative materials and for other related purposes.  
Structural . Refers to extruded profiles, bars, rods, tubes and pipes used in industrial 
structures and structures such as roofs, canopies and staircases . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature  of urgent problems where 
applicable : 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. Ecuadorian T echnical Standard NTE I NEN 2250  (2R):2017+Corrigendum 1:2017, 
Aluminio . Perfiles, barras, varillas y tubos extruidos . Requisitos.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 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 (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
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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