G/TBT/N/ECU/430  
16 May 2019 
(19-3411) 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)  
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  
puntocontactoOT CECU@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) : - Other 
centrifugal pumps (HS 841370)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyect o de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 094 (1R) "Eficiencia 
energética de bombas y conjunto motor -bomba, para bombeo de agua limpia, en 
potencias de 0,187 kW (1/4 HP) a 0,746 kW (1 HP)"  (Draft first revision (1R) of 
Ecuadorian T echnical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 094, "Energy efficiency and labelling of 
clean water pumps and motor pumps with a power rating of 0.187 kW (1/4 HP) to 0.746 
kW (1 HP)") (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by clean water pumps and motor pumps using single -phase 
squirrel -cage induction motors, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, 
with the aim of protecting the environment and pre venting deceptive practices.  G/TBT/N/ECU/430  
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  The notified Technical Regulation applies to rotodynamic clean water pumps and motor 
pumps (centrifugal and mixed flow pumps) using single -phase squirrel -cage induction 
motors, with a power rating of 0.187 kW (1/4 HP) to 0.746 kW (1 HP).  
It does not apply to:  
• Pumps for ornamental fountains;  
• Fire pumps;  
• Hydromassage pumps;  
• Jet (injector) pumps;  
• Multi-stage pumps;  
• Pumps for solids handling (surface or submersible);  
• Sprinkler pumps;  
• Bilge pumps;  
• Swimming pool pumps.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
Normative references:  
1. ISO 9906:2012, Rotodynamic pumps -- Hydraulic performance acceptance tests 
-- Grades 1, 2 and 3;  
2. 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;  
3. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
4. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
5. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
6. Mexican Official Standard NOM004ENER2014, Eficiencia energética para el 
conjunto motor -bomba, para bombeo de agua limpia de uso doméstico, en 
potencias de 0,180 kW (¼ HP) hasta 0,750 kW (1 HP) . Límites, métodos de 
prueba y etiquetado . 
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/204  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/204/Add.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of 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/430  
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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  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investm ent 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  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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