G/TBT/N/ECU/291
21 January 2015
(15-0399)  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: 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): 40151990, 
40159090, 42032900, 42034000, 61169300, 61169900, 611780, 61178090, 62031200, 
62031900, 62032300, 620329, 62032990, 62033300, 62033900, 62034300, 62034900, 
620590, 62059090, 62113300, 621139, 62113990, 621149, 62114990, 621600, 62160010, 62160090, 64011000, 64019200, 64019900, 64029100, 640299, 64029910, 64029990, 64035100, 64035900, 640391, 64039190, 640399, 64039990, 64051000, 
64052000, 64059000, 65061000 and 68129100. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 255, "Vestimenta de protección para el combate de incendios"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE 
INEN) No. 255, "Protective fire-fighting clothing") (10 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Product requir ements; Marking and 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/291 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the design and performance 
requirements to be met by protective fire-fighting clothing, with a view to ensuring the 
health and safety of users without endangering the health or safety of other people, domestic animals or goods, when the clothing is properly maintained and used in accordance with its purpose. 
It applies to the following types of imported or domestically manufactured protective fire-
fighting clothing marketed in Ecuador: 
Protective clothing for structural fire-fighting, including protective jackets, trousers, suits, 
helmets, gloves, footwear and related accessories. 
Protective clothing for proximity fire-fighting, including protective jackets, trousers, suits, 
helmets, gloves, footwear and related accessories. 
8. Relevant documents:  
• Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  / 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/ ; 
• Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 255, 
"Vestimenta de protección para el combate de incendios"  (Draft Technical Regulation 
of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 255, "Protective fire-
fighting clothing"); 
• Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days from 16 January 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments: 16 April 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:  
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: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  / PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/