G/TBT/N/ECU/142  
17 January 2014  
(14-0255)  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) 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro Tel.: (+593-2) 2501885 Fax: (+593-2) 2567815 
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) 3948760, Ext. 2358 
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): 
8482.10.0000, 8482.30.0000, 8482.40.0000, 8482.50.0000, 8482.80.0000, 
8482.91.0000, and 8482.99.0000. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 130, "Rodamientos de bolas y de rodillos o 
de agujas"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE 
INEN) No. 130, "Ball and roller bearings") (17 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/142 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be 
met by ball and roller bearings, with a view to preventing risks to human life and safety 
and the environment, and practices likely to mislead users. 
It applies to the following domestically manufactured and imported products marketed in 
Ecuador: 
- Radial ball bearings; 
- Axial ball bearings; - Radial roller bearings; 
- Axial roller bearings. 
 
This Technical Regulation does not apply to tapered roller bearings. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appe ars: http://www.industrias.gob.ec 
 http://www.inen.gob.ec/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE 
INEN 130, "Rodamientos de bolas y de rodillos o de agujas"  (Draft Technical 
Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 130, "Ball 
and roller bearings"); 
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 13 January 2014. 
Six months after adoption.  
10. Final date for comments: 13 April 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) 3948760, Ext. 2358 
Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/