G/TBT/N/ECU/428/Rev.1  
30 October  2019 
(19-7263) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 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  
Website: www.produccion.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 
instantaneous or storage  water heaters and immersion heaters (HS 851610) ; Water 
heating equipment ( ICS 91 .140.65)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del RTE I NEN 110  (1R) "Calentadores de agua eléctricos de acumulación"  
(Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN No. 110 "Electric 
storage water heaters") (12 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/428/Rev.1  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be  met by electric storage water heaters, prior to the marketing of 
domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting the environment and 
preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products : Electric storage water heaters with an input rating of 
up to 12 kW.  
It does not apply to:  
1.  Appliances used to heat water in laboratories;  
2.  Appliances for boiling water;  
3.  Instantaneous water heaters;  
4.  Immersion water heaters;  
5.  Commercial dispensers and vending machines;  
6.  Appliances intended excl usively for industrial purposes.  
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.  IEC 60335 -2-21:2012+AMD1:2018, Household and similar electrical appliances - 
Safety - Part 2 -21: Particular requirements for storage water heaters;  
2.  IEC 60379 :1987, Methods for measuring the performance of electric storage 
water -heaters for household purposes;  
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 17025 :2017, Genera l requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories.  
5.  ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
6.  ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of prod uct 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
7.  Norma U NIT 1157 :2011 , Eficiencia energética - Calentadores de agua eléctricos de 
acumulación de uso doméstico Especificaciones y etiquetado.  
Notification history:  
G/TBT/N/ECU/428  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 30 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : 6 months from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 30 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/428/Rev.1  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] 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  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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