G/TBT/N/ECU/252  
6 June 2014  
(14-3315)  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  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 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) 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358 or 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): 
8428.10.1000, 8428.10.9000 and 8428.40.0000. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
PRTE INEN 095, "Ascensores, Escaleras Mecánicas y Andenes Móviles"  (Draft Technical 
Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 095: "Lifts, 
escalators and moving walkways ") (7 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Classification; Product requirements; Product guarantee and service; Labelling requirements; Sampling requirements; 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/252 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  
The notified Technical Regulation establishes the safety requirements to be met by lifts, 
escalators and moving walkways, with a view to preventing risks to human life and safety and the environment, and deceptive practices likely to mislead users. 
It applies to the following domestically manufactured or imported lifts, escalators and 
moving walkways marketed in Ecuador: 
Permanently installed electric lifts of the traction and winding-drum type, equipped with a 
cabin/cage intended for the transport of pe rsons or persons and goods, suspended by 
cables, belts or chains, and which travel along guide rails at an angle of inclination not 
exceeding 15 degrees from the vertical 
Permanently installed hydraulic lifts, equipped with a cabin/cage intended for the 
transport of persons or persons and goods, su spended by hydraulic cylinders, cables or 
chains, and which travel along guide rails at an angle of inclination not exceeding 15 degrees from the vertical. 
Escalators and moving walkways (pallet or belt type). 
Residential lifts specified in the Code of Practice of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (CPE INEN) No. 018, and stair-lifts are exempt from this Technical Regulation. 
8. Relevant documents: 
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/ , 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/ 
2. Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de PRTE INEN 095, "Ascensores, Escaleras 
Mecánicas y Andenes Móviles"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 095: "Lifts, escalators and moving walkways") 
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 from 30 May 2014. 
Six months as from the date of 
adoption 
10. Final date for comments: 28 August 2014 
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: 
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) 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358 or 2253 
Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec  
mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec 
PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec 
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/