G/TBT/N/ECU/312  
23 March 2015  
(15-1649)  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) 
Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593-2) 3948760, Ext. 2358 or 2253 
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec /mmartinez@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): 42032100, 
42032900, 61178010, 61178090, 95069100 and 95069990. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Reglamento 
Técnico PRTE INEN 280 "Protectores de extremidades para deportes" (Draft Technical 
Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 280, "Limb 
protectors for sports") (10 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Product requir ements; Marking 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 a ssessment bodies; and Review and updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/312 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the performance and safety 
requirements to be met by personal protective equipment, with a view to protecting 
human health and safety, and preventing practices likely to mislead users. 
It applies to the following types of person al protective equipment for upper and lower 
limbs, marketed in Ecuador, whether domestically manufactured or imported: 
 Wrist, hand, elbow and knee protectors for users of normal roller sports equipment, 
classified as follows: 
 Level 1: Protectors for use in normal roller sports 
 Level 2: Protectors for use in acrobatic roller sports 
 Knee and elbow protectors for use in indoor sports, on smooth and level floors 
without mats, for the following classes of user: 
 Class A: users with a body mass of up to 50 kg 
 Class B: users with a body mass of over 50 kg 
This Technical Regulation does not apply to protectors used in roller-hockey sports.  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: PRTE INEN 280 "Protectores de extremidades para 
deportes" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PRTE INEN) No. 280: "Limb protectors for sports"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulati on will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days from 17 March 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments: 15 June 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 
Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593-2) 3948760, Ext. 2358 or 2253 
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec /mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/