G/TBT/N/ECU/356  
11 April 2019 
(19-2391) 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 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) 3825960/90  
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 Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 2) 3948760 Ext. 2254 and 2272  
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoO TCECU@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 covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : - Other 
(HS 730890)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 026 (2R) "Alcantarillas 
y placas estructurales co rrugadas de acero con recubrimiento para alcantarillas" (Draft 
second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE 
INEN) No. 026 "Coated corrugated steel culverts and structural plates for sewage 
conduits") (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by coated corrugated steel culverts and structural plates for sewage conduits, 
prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting 
human safety and preventing misleading practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products:  
1. Corrugated galvanized metal culverts;  
2. Corrugated galvanized structural steel plates, whether or not epoxy -coated,  for 
sewage conduits.  G/TBT/N/ECU/356  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information ; labelling ; prevention of misleading practices ; 
consumer protection ; protection of human health and safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory 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 6892 -1:2016, Metallic materials - Tensile tes ting - Part 1 : Method of test at 
room temperature;  
3. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
4. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General req uirements;  
5. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
6. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1172 (1R):2013, Recubrimientos de 
zinc por inmersión sobre materiales ferr osos. Determinación de la masa 
depositada por unidad de superficie . Método gravimétrico ; 
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1674 (2R):2005, Alcantarillas metálicas 
galvanizadas corrugadas . Requisitos ; 
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2416:2008 . Placas estructurales 
corrugadas de acero de paso grande con recubrimiento, para tubería cerrada de 
alcantarilla y arcos de alcantarilla empernables . Requisitos e inspección . 
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/21  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/21/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/21/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/21/Add.3  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 165 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of 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 and 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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