G/TBT/N/ECU/164  
11 February 2014  
(14-0805)  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) 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador 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 
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): HS tariff 
subheading 7318.24.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto 
de Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE IN EN 175, "Pasadores, Clavijas y Chavetas"  
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 175: "Cotters and cotter-pins") (6 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Designation; Product requirements; Labelling requirements; 
Conformity assessment tests; Sampling; Reference documents; Conformity assessment 
procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of conformity assessment bodies; and Review and updating.  G/TBT/N/ECU/164 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be 
met by cotters and cotter-pins, with a view to  preventing risks to human life and safety, 
and practices likely to mislead users. 
It applies to the following domestically manufactured or imported products marketed 
in Ecuador: 
- parallel (dowel or cylindrical) pins used for the construction of machines in general, 
with a nominal diameter from 0.8 mm to 50 mm; 
- parallel grooved pins made of steel or aust enitic stainless steel, with chamfer, which 
have three equally spaced grooves and a nominal diameter (d1) from 0.8 mm 
to 25 mm inclusive, used as fasteners; 
- taper pins for general use in the construction of machines, with a taper of 1:50 (2%); 
- full-length taper grooved pins made of steel or austenitic stainless steel which have 
three equally spaced grooves and a nominal diameter (d1) from 1.5 mm to 25 mm, used as fasteners; 
- high-tensile spring-type straight pins (spring pins) made of steel or of austenitic 
or martensitic stainless steel, with a nominal diameter (d1) from 1 mm to 50 mm, 
heavy duty, and used to join two or more machine parts; 
- split pins made of steel, austenitic stainless steel, copper, copper-zinc alloys, 
aluminium alloys or any other materials agreed upon between the manufacturer 
and the client; 
- rectangular tangential keys and Woodruff half-moon keys and their corresponding 
keyways, made of steel with a tensile strength of 590 N/mm.  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: PRTE INEN 175, "Pasadores, Clavijas y Chavetas"  
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) 
No. 175: "Cotters and cotter-pins"); 
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 6 February 2014. 
Six months after adoption. 
10. Final date for comments: 7 May 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 
Email:  mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website:  http://www.industrias.gob.ec