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Notifying Member: ECUADOR

If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):

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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 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 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 Ni?a

Quito, Ecuador

Tel.: (+593-2) 3948760, Ext. 2358 or 2253

Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec/mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec

Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): 42031000, 42032900, 42034000, 62031200, 62031900, 62032300, 62032990, 62033300, 62033900, 62034300, 62034900, 62053000, 62059090, 62113300, 62113990, 62114990, 62171000, and 62179000.

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 282, "Ropa de protección para soldadores y protección contra cortes" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 282, "Protective clothing for welders and clothing protecting against cuts") (8 pages, in Spanish)

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Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Product requirements; Marking and labelling 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.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the safety requirements to be met by protective clothing, with a view to ensuring the health and safety of users without endangering the health or safety of other people, domestic animals or goods, when the clothing is properly maintained and used in accordance with its purpose.

The text applies to the following types of protective clothing marketed in Ecuador, whether domestically manufactured or imported:

·                Clothing protecting against cuts and stabs by hand knives:

·        Aprons, trousers and vests worn when using hand knives, and other articles of clothing that, in the event of an accident, provide a similar level of protection to other parts of the body.

·                Protective clothing for welders:

·        Hoods, aprons, sleeves and gaiters designed to protect the wearer's body, including the head (hoods) and feet (gaiters), and that are to be worn during welding and allied processes with comparable risks;

·        During welding and allied processes this protective clothing is intended to protect the user from spatter (small splashes of molten metal), short contact time with flame, and radiant heat from the arc, and minimizes the the possibility of electrical shock by short-term, accidental contact with live electrical conductors at voltages up to approximately 100 V d.c. in normal conditions of welding.

It does not apply to the protection of the wearer's head and feet; for these parts of the body it is only applicable to hoods and gaiters. Nor is it applicable to hand protection.

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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 282, "Ropa de protección para soldadores y protección contra cortes" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 282, "Protective clothing for welders and clothing protecting against cuts");

3.    Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro Oficial (Official Journal).

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Proposed date of adoption: 90 days from 17 March 2015

Proposed date of entry into force: 180 days from date of adoption

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Final date for comments: 15 June 2015

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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:

Marlon Martínez

Subsecretaría de la Calidad

Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad – MIPRO

Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Ni?a

Quito, Ecuador

Tel.: (+593-2) 3948760, Ext. 2358 or 2253

Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec/mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec

Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec