G/TBT/N/ECU/279  
 
18 August 2014  
(14-4760)  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   
Quito, Ecuador   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 telephone and fax numbers and email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority design ated 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. 2358/2253 
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):   HS tariff 
subheadings 7604.10.10, 7604.10.20, 7604.21.00, 7604.29.10, 7604.29.20 and 
7608.10.10 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
PRTE INEN 251 "PERFILES, BARRAS, VARILLAS Y TUBOS EXTRUIDOS DE ALUMINIO"  
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 251: "Extruded aluminium profiles, bars, rods, tubes and pipes") (5 pages, in Spanish).    
 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Classification; 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. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   The notified draft Technical Regulation lays down the requirements to be 
met by hot-extruded aluminium profiles, bars , rods, tubes and pipes, with a view to G/TBT/N/ECU/279 
 
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  preventing risks to human safety and practices likely to mislead users during the 
handling and use of such products.  
It applies to domestically manufactured and imported 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, and marketed in Ecuador.   
8. Relevant documents:     
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec ;   
2. Proposal and basic document: PRTE INEN 251 "Perfiles, Barras, Varillas y Tubos 
Extruidos de Aluminio" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 251: "Extruded aluminium profiles, bars, rods, tubes and 
pipes");  
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 as from 13 August 2014 Three months after adoption     
10. Final date for comments:   11 November 2014 
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 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: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec  
 mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  
 PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec