G/TBT/N/ECU/445  
27 May 2019  
(19-3631) 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)  
Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pe reira, 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: 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) : Tungsten 
halogen (HS 853921)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 169 (1R) "Lámparas 
halógenas y de filamento, de tungsteno" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical 
Regulation PRTE INEN No. 169, "Tungsten halogen and filament lamps") (9 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by tungsten halogen and filament lamps, prior to the marketing 
of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and 
preventing deceptive practices.  G/TBT/N/ECU/445  
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  It applies to the following products:  
Tungs ten halogen lamps and tungsten filament lamps for domestic use and similar general 
lighting purposes, with the following characteristics:  
• Rated power not exceeding 250 W  
• Rated voltage between 50 V and 250 V  
• Lamp caps B15d, B22d, E12, E14, E17, E26, E26d, E 26/50x9, E27 or E27/51x39  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive 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 laboratories.  
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 gui delines for product certification schemes.  
5. IEC 60360:1998, Standard method of measurement of lamp cap temperature 
rise. 
6. IEC 60432 -1:1999+AMD1:2005+AMD2:2011, Incandescent lamps - Safety 
specifications - Part 1 : Tungsten filament lamps for domestic and simi lar general 
lighting purposes . 
7. IEC 60432 -2:1999+AMD1:2005+AMD2:2012, Incandescent lamps - Safety 
specifications - Part 2 : Tungsten halogen lamps for domestic and similar general 
lighting purposes.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/172  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/172/Add.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from 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/445  
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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  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca  (MPCEIP ) 
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  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/ECU/19_3026_00 _s.pdf