G/TBT/N/ECU/468  
5 June 2019 
(19-3869) 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)  
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.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 
ovens ; cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers and roasters (HS 851660)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano P RTE I NEN 101  (1R) "Artefactos 
electrodomésticos para cocción por inducción" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian 
Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 101 "Household electrical appliances for cooking by 
induction") (16 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by household electrical appliances for cooking by induction, used 
to heat and cook food, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, w ith 
the aim of protecting human safety and the environment, and preventing deceptive 
practices.  G/TBT/N/ECU/468  
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  It applies to the following products:  
Induction cookers of a rated electrical output 200V - 240V, 60Hz, for household use;  
• Combined induction cookers;  
• Induction  cookers with an electric oven;  
• Induction hob.  
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 ; Protection of the 
environment.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Normative references:  
1. IEC 60335 -1:2010+Amd 1:2013+Amd 2:2016, Household and similar electrical 
appliances - Safety - Part 1:General requirements;  
2. IEC 60335 -2-6:2014+Amd 1:2018, Household and similar electrical appliances - 
Safety - Part 2 -6: Particular requirements for stationary cooking ranges, hobs, 
ovens and similar appliances;  
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. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
5. Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE I NEN 005  (1R):2015, "Artefactos de uso 
doméstico para cocinar, que utilizan combustibles gaseosos" ; 
6. Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE I NEN 122 :2015, "Eficiencia energética en 
hornos eléctricos de uso doméstico" . 
Notifi cation history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/281  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/281/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  
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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