G/TBT/N/ECU/487  
26 June 2020 
(20-4438) 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: 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: 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 provided in addition, where applicable) : Electric 
space heating apparatus an d electric soil heating  apparatus (excluding storage heating 
radiators) (HS 851629)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto del 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 139  "Calefactores eléctricos de uso doméstico"  
(Draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 139 "Electric heaters for domestic 
use") (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by electric heaters for domestic use, prior to the marketing of 
domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing 
misleading practices.  
It applies to the following products : Electric heaters for domestic use, with a rated voltage 
not exceeding  250 V.  
It does not apply to:  
• Appliances designed exclusively for industrial purposes ; G/TBT/N/ECU/487  
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  • Appliances intended for use in places where special conditions prevail, such as where 
there is a corrosive or explosive atmosphere (dust, vapour or gas) ; 
• Heaters incorporated into air -conditioning appliances ; 
• Clothes -dryers and towel rails ; 
• Heating appliances for saunas ; 
• Storage room heaters ; 
• Heating appliances for breeding and rearing animals ; 
• Foot warmers and heating mats ; 
• Flexible sheet heating elements for room  heating ; 
• Heated carpets ; 
• Central heating systems ; 
• Heating cables . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : 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 guidelines for product certification schemes;  
5. IEC 60335 -2-30:2009 + A md 1:2016, Household and similar electrical appliances - 
Safety - Part 2 -30: Particular requirements for room heaters;  
6. UL 1278:2014, Standard fo r movable and wall - or ceiling -hung electric room 
heaters.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/319  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of notification  
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/487  
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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)  
Address : 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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