G/TBT/N/ECU/318
7 May 2015
(15-2430)  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) 
Address: Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593-2) 3948760, Ext. 2358 or 2253 
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): 90211010, 
90211020 and 90219000. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de  
Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 287, "Productos de apoyo para caminar manejados por un 
brazo"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) 
No. 287, "Assistive products for walking manipulated by one arm") (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Classification; Product requirements; Marking and labelling requirements, and information provided by  the manufacturer; 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/318 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the functional and safety 
requirements to be met by assistive products for walking manipulated by one arm, with a 
view to protecting human life and safety and preventing practices that may lead to misuse of the product. 
It applies to the following domestically manufactured or imported assistive products for 
walking manipulated by one arm, which are marketed in Ecuador: 
• Elbow crutches that are fully equipped with handgrip and tip, and specified for a user 
weight of not less than 35kg, as listed below: 
a) Walking sticks 
b) Elbow crutches 
c) Forearm crutches 
d) Underarm crutches 
e) Walking sticks with three or more legs 
f) Walking sticks with seats 
• Walking sticks with three or more legs that are fully equipped with handgrip and tip, 
and specified for a user weight of less than 35 kg, as listed below: 
a) Walking sticks 
b) Elbow crutches 
c) Forearm crutches 
d) Underarm crutches 
e) Walking sticks with three or more legs 
f) Walking sticks with seats 
 
It does not apply to walking sticks with three or more legs and with underarm or forearm support.  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/  
2. Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de  Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 287, 
"Productos de apoyo para caminar manejados por un brazo"  (Draft Technical Regulation of 
the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (P RTE INEN) No. 287, "Assistive products for 
walking manipulated by one arm") 
3. Publication in which Technical Regula tion will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days from 4 May 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments: 2 August 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  
Address: Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593-2) 3948760, Ext. 2358 or 2253 
Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/