G/TBT/N/ECU/382  
24 April 2019 
(19-2753) 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 government involved (Articles 3.2  and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960 to 90  
Website: http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
Name and address (including telephone 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 Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOT CECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.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) : Organic 
composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included ; prepared paint or 
varnish removers (HS 3814)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda  Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 066 (2R) "Diluyentes 
(THINNER)"  (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical 
Regulation PRTE INEN No. 066 "Thinners") (10 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by thinners used to dissolve, dilute or thin paint and similar products, prior to 
the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human 
safety and health,  and preventing misleading practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products : Thinners.  G/TBT/N/ECU/382  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information ; labelling ; prevention of misleading practices ; 
consumer protection ; protection of human health and safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory references:  
1. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes 
- Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-
lot inspection;  
2. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
3. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General require ments;  
4. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
5. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2163 (1R):2012, Solventes . Diluyentes 
(THINNER) . Requisitos ; 
6. Ecuadorian Techni cal Standard NTE INEN 2266 (2R):2013, Transporte, 
almacenamiento y manejo de materiales peligrosos . Requisitos . 
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/82  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/82/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/82/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/82/Add.3  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 165 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP  (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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