G/TBT/N/ECU/143  
17 January 2014  
(14-0251)  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 Tel.: (+593-2) 2501885 Fax: (+593-2) 2567815 
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) 3948760, 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 codes: 
73.18, 7318.11.00 and 7318.12.00. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 148, "Tirafondos y tornillos para madera"  
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 
148, "Coach screws and other wood screws") (7 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Description; Product requirements; 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/143 
- 2 - 
  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be 
met by coach screws and other wood screws with different types of heads, with a view to 
ensuring human life and safe ty and preventing practices likely to mislead users. 
It covers the following products used in Ecuador, whether manufactured domestically or 
imported: 
- Coach screws and other wood screws; 
- Coach screws with a hexagonal head; - Coach screws with a square head; 
- Wood screws with a slotted round head; 
- Wood screws with a slotted raised countersunk head; - Wood screws with a slotted countersunk head; 
- Wood screws with a low cylindrical cross-slotted head; 
- Wood screws with a cross-slotted raised countersunk head; - Wood screws with a cross-slotted countersunk head. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.industrias.gob.ec; 
 http://www.inen.gob.ec/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE 
INEN 148, "Tirafondos y tornillos para madera"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 148, "Coach screws and 
other wood screws"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulati on will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days from 13 January 2014. 
Six months after adoption.  
10. Final date for comments: 13 April 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) 3948760, Ext. 2358 
Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/