G/TBT/N/ECU/456  
3 June 2019 
(19-3784) Page: 1/3 
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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960 to 90  
Website: http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
Name and address (including telephone 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 Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y A lfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchez@produccion.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 cov ered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Fireworks, 
signalling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and other  pyrotechnic articles (HS 3604)  
5. Title, number of pages an d language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 229 (1R) "Artículos para 
fuegos artificiales"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN 
No. 229 "Fireworks") (12  pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by fireworks, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported 
products, with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
• Category F1, F2 and F3 pyrotechnic articles;  
• Category 4 pyrotechnic articles;  
• Category T1 and T2 theatrical pyrotechnic articles.  
It does not apply to:  
- Articles containing detonating e xplosives (military), except for black powder or flash 
composition;  G/TBT/N/ECU/456  
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  - Articles with pyrotechnic compositions including any of the following substances:  
a. Arsenic or arsenic compounds;  
b. Hexachlorobenzene;  
c. Polychlorobenzenes;  
d. Mixtures with a mass fraction of ch lorates exceeding 80%;  
e. Mixtures of chlorates with metals;  
f. Mixtures of chlorates with red phosphorus (except when used in Christmas 
crackers, party poppers or firecrackers);  
g. Mixtures of chlorates with potassium hexacyanoferrate (II);  
h. Mixtures of chlorates w ith sulphur (such mixtures are only permitted for friction 
heads);  
i. Mixtures of chlorates with sulphides;  
j. Lead or lead compounds;  
k. Mercury compounds;  
l. White phosphorous;  
m. Picrates or picric acid;  
n. Potassium chlorate with a mass content of bromates exceeding 0.15%;  
o. Sulphur with an acidity expressed as a mass fraction of sulphuric acid exceeding 
0.002%;  
p. Zirconium with particle sizes not exceeding 40 μm.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer inf ormation, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Normative references:  
1. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes 
- Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-
lot inspection;  
2. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
3. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration o f 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
4. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
5. EN 15947 -1:2015, Pyrotechnic articles . Fireworks, Categories 1, 2 and 3 . Part 1. 
Terminology;  
6. EN 15947 -2:2015, Pyrotechnic articles . Fireworks, Categories 1, 2, and 3 . Part 2: 
Categories and types of firework;  
7. EN 15947 -3:2015, Pyrotechnic articles . Fireworks, Categories 1, 2, and 3 . Part 3: 
Minimum labelling requirements;  
8. EN 15947 -4:2015, Pyrotechnic articles . Fireworks, Categories 1, 2, and 3 . Part 4: 
Test methods;  
9. EN 15947 -5:2015, Pyrotechnic articles . Fireworks, Categories 1, 2, and 3 . Part 5: 
Requirements for construction and performance;  G/TBT/N/ECU/456  
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  10. EN 16256 -1:2012, Pyrotechnic articles . Theatrical pyrotechnic articles . Part 1: 
Terminology;  
11. EN 16256 -2:2012, Pyrotechnic articles . Theatrical pyrotechnic articles . Part 2: 
Categories of theatrical pyrotechnic articles;  
12. EN 16256 -3:2012, Pyrotechnic articles . Theatrical pyrotechnic articles . Part 3: 
Requirements for construction and performance;  
13. EN 16256 -4:2012, Pyrotechnic articles . Theatrical pyrotechnic articles . Part 4: 
Minimum labelling requirements and instructions for use;  
14. EN 16256 -5:2012, Pyrotechnic articles . Theatrical pyrotechnic articles . Part 5: 
Test methods;  
15. EN 16261 -1:2012, Pyrotechnic articles . Fireworks, Cate gory 4 . Part 1 : 
Terminology;  
16. EN 16261 -2:2013, Pyrotechnic articles . Fireworks, Category 4 . Part 2 : 
Requirements;  
17. EN 16261 -3:2012, Pyrotechnic articles . Fireworks, Category 4 . Part 3 : Test 
methods;  
18. EN 16261 -4:2012, Pyrotechnic articles . Fireworks, Category 4. Part 4: Minimum 
labelling requirements and instructions for use;  
19. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 736 (1R):2013, Prevención de 
incendios . Requisitos de seguridad en la fabricación, transporte y almacenaje de 
material pirotécnico . 
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/260  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/260/Add.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
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 Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
aramon@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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