G/TBT/N/ECU/236  
22 April 2014  
(14-2458)  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 2 250-1885 Fax: +593 2 256-7815 
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 2 394-8760, 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): 
7304.29.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 207, "Tubos de acero utilizados en las 
industrias de petróleo y del gas para revestimiento (casing) y producción (tubing) de 
pozos"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE 
INEN) No. 207, "Steel pipes used in the oil and gas industries as casing and tubing for 
wells") (5 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Product requirements; Marking 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/236 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the technical requirements to 
be met by steel pipes used as casing and tubing in oil and gas wells, including pup joints 
and coupling stock, with a view to preventing safety risks, protecting human life and the 
environment, and preventing practices likely to mislead users. 
It applies to the following domestically manufactured or imported products marketed in 
Ecuador: 
Casing, tubing and pup joints used in oil and gas wells, coupling stock and accessory 
material corresponding to Product Specification Levels PSL-1, PSL-2 and PSL-3. 
Pipes threaded with the following types of co nnections (in accordance with API Spec 5B): 
- Short round thread casing (SC); 
- Long round thread casing (LC); 
- Buttress thread casing (BC); 
- Non-upset tubing (NU); - External upset tubing (EU); - Integral tubing (IJ). 
The text may be applied to pipes with connections not covered by ISO/API standards 
(proprietary and/or premium connections). 
Pipes in the following four groups (according to grade): 
- Group 1: All casing and tubing in Grades H, J, K, N and R; 
- Group 2: All casing and tubing  in Grades C, L, M and T; 
- Group 3: All casing and tubing in Grade P; 
- Group 4: All casing and tubing in Grade Q.  
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 207, "Tubos de acero utilizados en las industrias de petróleo y del gas para 
revestimiento (casing) y producción (tubing) de pozos"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 207, "Steel pipes used in the oil and gas industries as casing and tubing for wells"); 
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 4 April 2014.  
90 days after publication in the Official 
Journal.  
10. Final date for comments: 3 July 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/