G/TBT/N/ECU/274  
 
11 July 2014  
(14-3967)  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)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Diego de Almagro   
Quito, Ecuador   Tel.: (593-2) 250-1885 
Fax: (593-2) 256-7815 
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec   
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority design ated 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) 394-8760, Ext. 2358/2253 
Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec  
 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 tariff 
subheadings 7306.40.00, 7306.61.00 and 7306.69.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
PRTE INEN 246 "Tuberías de Acero Inoxidable" (Draft Technical Regulation of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 246: "Stainless steel tubing") (6 pages, in Spanish).        
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; 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. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   The notified Technical Regulation lays down the technical requirements to 
be met by welded and seamless stainless steel tubing for use in fluid conveyance and 
structural applications, with a view to preventing safety risks, protecting human life and G/TBT/N/ECU/274 
 
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  the environment and preventing practices likely to mislead users.  
The Technical Regulation applies to the following domestically manufactured or imported 
products marketed in Ecuador: 
- Welded circular stainless steel tubing for mechanical and general engineering 
purposes;  
- Seamless circular stainless steel tubing for mechanical and general engineering 
purposes.   
Welded stainless steel mechanical tubing:  
- Welded stainless steel tubing for use in mechanical applications where appearance, 
mechanical properties, or corrosion resistance is needed; 
- As-welded or cold-reduced mechanical tubing in sizes to 16 in. (406.4 mm) outside 
dimension, and in wall thicknesses 0.020 in. (0.51 mm) and over.  
Seamless stainless steel mechanical tubing: 
- Seamless stainless steel tubing for use in mechanical applications where corrosion-
resistant or high-temperature strength is needed;  
- Seamless cold-finished mechanical tubing and seamless hot-finished mechanical 
tubing in sizes up to 12¾ in. [325 mm] in outside nominal diameter (for round 
tubing) with wall thicknesses as required. 
8. Relevant documents:     
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec ;   
2. Proposal and basic document: PRTE INEN 246 "Tuberías de Acero Inoxidable" (Draft 
Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 246: "Stainless steel tubing");  
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days as from 8 July 2014 Three months after adoption     
10. Final date for comments:   6 October 2014 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses,  if available, of other body:   
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) 394-8760, Ext. 2358 or 2253 Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  / PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec   
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec