G/TBT/N/ECU/206  
3 March 2014  
(14-1289)  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 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: 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): 
8421.23.00.10, 8421.23.00.90 and 8421.31.00.00. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 129 "Filtros de aceite, filtros de combustible:  
diesel y gasolina, y filtros del aire de entrada para motores de combustión interna"  (Draft 
Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 129: 
"Oil filters, diesel and petrol filters, and intake air filters for internal combustion engines") 
(6 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; General conditions; Classification; Product requirements; Labelling requirements; Conformity assessment tests; Sampling; Regulatory documents 
consulted or serving as references; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and 
inspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of conformity assessment bodies;  and Review and updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/206 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified Technical Regulation establishes the standard test procedures 
for assessing the performance of diesel and petrol filters for internal combustion engines. 
The test procedures must be applied to the products listed in section 2 of the text, with a view to preventing safety risks, protecting human life and the environment, and preventing practices likely to mislead users. 
The Technical Regulation is applied for the following purposes: 
- to assess the performance of full flow lubricating oil filters for internal combustion 
engines; 
- to assess the performance of diesel and petrol filters for internal combustion 
engines which are subjected to a constant fuel flow speed of between 50 l/h and 
800 l/h; 
- to assess the most important basic operating characteristics, such as air flow 
restriction, differential pressure, dust collection efficiency, and dust and oil residue retention, of air filters for internal combustion engines and compressors which are generally used in automotive and industrial applications. 
The Technical Regulation applies to domest ically manufactured and imported products 
marketed in Ecuador. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appear s: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/ 
 http://www.inen.gob.ec/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE 
INEN 129 "Filtros de aceite, filtros de combustible: diesel y gasolina, y filtros del aire de entrada para motores de combustión interna" (Draft Technical Regulation of 
the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 129: "Oil filters, diesel 
and petrol filters, and intake air filters for internal combustion engines"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulati on will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days from 25 February 2014. 
Three months after adoption.  
10. Final date for comments:  26 May 2014 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry po int [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: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/