G/TBT/N/ECU/292
22 January 2015
(15-0464)  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) 2501885 Fax: (+593-2) 2567815 
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) 3948760, 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): 85111090 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 263, "Bujías de encendido"  (Draft Technical Regulation of 
the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 263, "Sparking plugs") (9 pages, 
in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Product requir ements; Marking and 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. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by 
sparking plugs, with a view to protecting human life and safety and preventing practices likely to mislead users. 
It applies to the following types of imported  and domestically manufactured sparking plugs 
marketed in Ecuador: 
• Sparking plugs for internal combustion engines with an electric spark ignition 
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  • Type 1A and 1B screened and waterproof sparking plugs and their connections for 
use in spark ignition engines. 
• Type 2 screened and waterproof sparking  plugs and their connections for use in 
spark ignition engines. 
• Type 3 screened and waterproof sparking  plugs and their connections for use in 
spark ignition engines. 
This Technical Regulation does not apply to aircraft sparking plugs. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/  / 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 263, 
"Bujías de encendido"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 263, "Sparking plugs"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulati on will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days from 19 January 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments: 19 April 2015 
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: 
Marlon Martínez 
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 or 2253 
Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  / PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/