G/TBT/N/ECU/438/Rev.1  
16 December  2019 
(19-8632) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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: 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  (Undersecretariat 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  
Website: www.produccion.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) : - Of a 
capacity of less than 50 l : (HS 73102) ; Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar 
containers (including rigid or collapsible tubular containers), for any material (other than 
compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity not exceeding 300 l, whether or not lined or 
heat-insulated , but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment (HS 7612) ; - Other 
(HS 830990)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 198  (1R) "Envases 
metálicos"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE I NEN 198  
"Metal containers") (10 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/438/Rev.1  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by metal conta iners, prior to the marketing of domestic and 
imported products, with the aim of protecting human health and safety, and preventing 
deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
• Light-gauge hermetically sealable metal containers (cans) for processed food 
products and non -carbonated beverages, of a nominal thickness not exceeding 
0.49 mm;  
• Metal containers ; Collapsible tubular aluminium containers for non -alkaline 
pharmaceutical products and cosmetics.  
It does not apply to:  
• Industrial metal co ntainers for water - or solvent -based chemical or organic 
products such as paint, solvents and chemicals in general.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of decept ive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents : Normative 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 labor atories;  
3. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
4. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
5. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 448  (1R):2015, Envases metálicos . 
Tubos colapsibles de aluminio . Requisitos y métodos de ensayo ; 
6. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1817  (1R):2013, Envases metálicos de 
sellado hermético para alimentos y bebidas . Determinación de la resistencia a la 
compresión axial ; 
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 1818  (1R):2013, Envases metálicos de 
sellado hermético para alimentos y b ebidas . Determinación de la resistencia a la 
presión externa (implosión) ; 
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard  NTE I NEN 1819  (1R):2013, Envases metálicos de 
sellado hermético para alimentos y bebidas . Determinación de la hermeticidad.  
Notification history:  
G/TBT/ N/ECU/438  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 30 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/438/Rev.1  
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  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  (Undersecretariat 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  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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