G/TBT/N/ECU/492  
29 October  2020 
(20-7579) 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 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 (Under -Secretariat for Qua lity) 
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 Pereira, Piso 8, Bloque 
amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email: puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
Website: 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 provid ed in addition, where applicable) : - Other : 
(HS 73239)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 252  (1R) "Recipientes 
de cocina domésticos a ser usados so bre hornillas, cocinas o placas de calentamiento" 
(Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 252, 
"Household cooking receptacles for use on hobs, stoves or hotplates") (12 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by household cooking utensils for use on hobs, stoves or 
hotplates, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of 
protecting human safe ty and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
Household cooking utensils for use on hobs, stoves or hotplates . It applies to all cooking 
utensils, regardless of the material they are made of or the manufacturing method 
used. It also applies to cooking utensils for use inside the oven.  G/TBT/N/ECU/492  
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  The Technical Regulation does not apply to:  
Articles of glass, ceramic or glass -ceramic, pressure cookers, kettles and coffee makers.  
Household cooking utensils for use on hobs, stoves or h otplates, which contain pewter 
alloys with a lead content exceeding 0.05%.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection ; Protection of 
human health or safet y 
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 guidelines for product certification schemes.  
5. EN 12983 -1:2000+A1:2004+AC:2008, Cookware - Domestic cookware for use 
on top of a stove, cooker or hob - Part 1 : General requirements . 
6. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 2851 :2014, Utensilios de cocina . 
Utensilios de cocina domésticos usados sobre hornillas, cocinas o placas de 
calentamiento . Requisitos y métodos de ensayo.  
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  
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)  
Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, Bloque 
amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email: puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchezc@ produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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