G/TBT/N/ECU/282  
2 October 2014  
(14-5552)  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:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , SEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service) 
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Diego de Almagro 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 telephon e 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 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 or 2253 
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): 71131100, 
71131900, 71132000, 71141110, 71141190, 71141900, 71142000, 71171100, 71171900 
and 71179000. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 126, "Joyas y Bisutería"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 126, "Jewellery and imitation jewellery") (10 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; General conditions; Product requirements; Marking and 
labelling requirements; Sampling; Refere nce documents; Conformity assessment 
procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; and Liability of conformity assessment bodies. G/TBT/N/ECU/282 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by 
jewellery and imitation jewellery, with a view to protecting human health and the 
environment and preventing practices likely to mislead users. 
It applies to the following domestically manufactured and imported products marketed in 
Ecuador: 
 Jewellery, such as objects of personal ador nment (e.g. rings, bracelets, necklaces, 
brooches, earrings, watch-chains, fobs, pend ants, tie-pins, cuff-links, dress-studs, 
and religious or other medals), of precious metals such as gold and silver, 
combinations of gold and silver, and gold and silver alloys. 
 Imitation jewellery, such as objects of personal adornment, made with base metals 
and base metal alloys, upon one, various or all surfaces of which there is affixed by 
soldering, mechanical means or electroplating a covering of precious metal. 
It does not apply to the following products: 
 Pens, lighters, glasses and the metallic parts thereof, components and parts for 
jewellery items, antiques (items over 100 years old), and coin that is or has been 
legal tender. 
 Imitation jewellery made of materials other than the base metals listed in section 
3.1.8. of the Technical Regulation. 
 Articles of a kind normally carried in the pocket or handbag (e.g. cigar or cigarette 
cases, snuff boxes, cachou or pill boxe s, powder boxes, chainpurses or prayer 
beads).  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/ ; 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
 Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE 
INEN 126, "Joyas y bisutería"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 126, "Jewellery and imitation jewellery") 
 Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days from 24 September 2014 
Proposed date of entry into force: 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments: 23 December 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) 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358 or 2253 Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  / PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec   
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/