G/TBT/N/ECU/429  
16 May 2019 
(19-3410) Page: 1/3 
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) : - Toilet 
paper (HS 481810) ; Tablecloths and serviettes (HS 481830) ; Other (HS 481890)  
5. Title, number of pages a nd language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 132 (1R) "Productos 
absorbentes de papel" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE 
INEN No. 132, "Absorbent paper p roducts") (10 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by absorbent paper products, prior to the marketing of domestic 
and imported products, with the aim of preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
1. Toilet paper;  
2. Paper serviettes.  G/TBT/N/ECU/429  
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  It does not apply to:  
1. Handkerchiefs, cleansing tissues and towels;  
2. Tablecloths;  
3. Bed sheets and similar household, sanitary or hospital articles;  
4. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of paper  pulp, paper,  cellulose 
wadding or webs of cellulose fibres.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of decepti ve practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Normative references:  
1. ISO 536 : 2012, Paper and board - Determination of grammage;  
2. ISO 12625 -4:2016, Tissue paper and tissue products - Part 4 : Determination of 
tensile strength, stretch at maximum force and tensile energy absorption;  
3. 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;  
4. Norma ISO 4046 -3:2016, Paper, board, pulps and related terms --Vocabulary - 
Part 3 : Paper-making terminology;  
5. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
6. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
7. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment -- Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certi fication schemes;  
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1430(2R):2015, Papeles y Cartones . 
Papel higiénico . Requisitos ; 
9. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1699(1R):2015, Papeles y Cartones . 
Servilletas de papel . Requisitos . 
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT /N/ECU/207  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/207/Add.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/429  
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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  (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  
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