G/TBT/N/ECU/314  
23 March 2015  
(15-1651)  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): 42031000, 
42032900, 42034000, 62031200, 62031900, 62032300, 62032990, 62033300, 62033900, 
62034300, 62034900, 62053000, 62059090, 62113300, 62113990, 62114990, 62171000, 
and 62179000. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 282, "Ropa de protección para soldadores y protección contra cortes"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PRTE INEN) No. 282, "Protective clothing for welders and clothing protecting against 
cuts") (8 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/314 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the safety requirements to be 
met by protective clothing, with a view to ensuring the health and safety of users without 
endangering the health or safety of other people, domestic animals or goods, when the clothing is properly maintained and used in accordance with its purpose. 
The text applies to the following types of protective clothing marketed in Ecuador, whether 
domestically manufactured or imported: 
 Clothing protecting against cuts and stabs by hand knives: 
 Aprons, trousers and vests worn when using hand knives, and other articles of 
clothing that, in the event of an accident, provide a similar level of protection to 
other parts of the body. 
 Protective clothing for welders: 
 Hoods, aprons, sleeves and gaiters designed to protect the wearer's body, 
including the head (hoods) and feet (gaiters), and that are to be worn during welding and allied processes with comparable risks; 
 During welding and allied processes this protective clothing is intended to protect 
the user from spatter (small splashes of molten metal), short contact time with 
flame, and radiant heat from the arc,  and minimizes the the possibility of 
electrical shock by short-term, accidental contact with live electrical conductors 
at voltages up to approximately 100 V d.c. in normal conditions of welding. 
It does not apply to the protection of the wearer's head and feet; for these parts of the 
body it is only applicable to hoods and gaiters. Nor is it applicable to hand protection.  
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 282, 
"Ropa de protección para soldadores y protección contra cortes"  (Draft Technical 
Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 282, 
"Protective clothing for welders and clothing protecting against cuts"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulati on will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days from 17 March 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments: 15 June 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: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec /mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec