G/TBT/N/ECU/293
22 January 2015
(15-0465)  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): 64011000, 
64019200, 64019900, 64021900, 64029100, 64029910, 64029990, 64034000, 64035100, 
64035900, 64039190, 64039990, 64041900, 64051000, 64052000 and 64059000. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 264, "Calzado de protección y calzado de seguridad"  (Draft 
Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 264, "Protective footwear and safety f ootwear") (10 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Product requirements; Marking, information and instruction 
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/293 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by 
footwear as a form of personal protective equi pment, with a view to protecting human life 
and safety and preventing practices likely to mislead users. 
It applies to the following types of domestic ally manufactured and imported protective and 
safety footwear marketed in Ecuador: 
• Safety footwear for general use 
• Protective footwear 
• Occupational footwear not exposed to any mechanical risks 
• Footwear protecting against thermal risks and molten metal splashes as found in 
foundries and welding 
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 Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 264, 
"Calzado de protección y calzado de seguridad"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 264, "Protective footwear 
and safety footwear"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulati on will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days from 19 January 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments: 19 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:  
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: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  / PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/