G/TBT/N/ECU/322  
25 January 2016  
(16-0494)  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: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@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): 73071100, 
73071900, 73079100, 73079900, 84842000, 84849000, 39269040, 39269090, 40169300, 
731815, 73181590, 73181600, 73182200 and 73182900. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 140 "Bridas y accesorios bridados para tubería de agua 
potable"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE 
INEN) No. 140, "Flanges and flanged fittings for drinking water pipes") (10 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. G/TBT/N/ECU/322 
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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 flanges and flanged fittings for drinking water pipes, with a view to protecting 
human, animal and plant life and safety and the environment, and preventing practices 
likely to mislead users. 
It applies to the following domestically manufactured or imported products marketed in 
Ecuador: 
 Flanges for steel pipes used in drinking water distribution networks 
 Ductile iron and grey iron fittings for drinking water networks 
 Joints for steel pipes used in drinking water networks 
 Bolted sliding joints (mechanical joints) for plain end pipe fittings 
 Rubber seals and ductile iron and grey iron fittings for pressure pipes 
 Flange gaskets 
 Bolts, nuts and washers for flanges 
The Technical Regulation does not apply to flan ges that form an integral part of equipment 
such as valves or pumps, or other equipment fitted with flanges or pipes, in which flanges 
are threaded, bolted or welded. 
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 PRTE INEN 140 
"Bridas y accesorios bridados para tubería de agua potable"  (Draft Technical 
Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 140, "Flanges and flanged fittings for drinking water pipes") 
 Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days from 13 January 2016. 
Proposed date of entry into force: 180 days from date of adoption.  
10. Final date for comments: 12 April 2016 
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: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec , mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/