G/TBT/N/ECU/357  
11 April 2019 
(19-2393) 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) 3825960/90  
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 A lfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 2) 3948760 Ext. 2254 and 2272  
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@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 n umbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Other 
(HS 854449) ; - Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 1,000 V (HS 854460)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Cuarta Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 021 (4R) "Cables y 
Conductores Aislados Para Uso Eléctrico"  (Draft fourth revision (4R) of Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 021 "Insulated cables and 
conductors for electrica l use" ) (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by insulated cables and conductors for electrical use, prior to the marketing of 
domestic and imported products, with the ai m of protecting human safety and preventing 
misleading practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products : Insulated cables and 
conductors for electrical use up to 2000 V.  G/TBT/N/ECU/357  
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  The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to:  
1. Insulated cables and conductors for electrical use whether or not fitted with 
connectors of any class;  
2. Metal -sheathed cables for oil - and mining -related activities.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information ; labelling ; prevention of misleading practices ; 
consumer protection ; protection of human health and safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory references:  
1. IEC 60227 -1:2007, Polyvinyl chloride insulated cables of rated voltages up to and 
including 450/750 V - Part 1 : General requirements;  
2. IEC 60228:2004, Conductors of insulated cables;  
3. IEC 60245 -1:2003+AMD1:2007, Rubber insulated cables - Rated voltages up to 
and inclu ding 450/750 V - Part 1 : General requirements;  
4. IEC 60332 -1-2:2004+AMD1:2015, Tests on electric and optical fibre cables under 
fire conditions - Part 1 -2: Test for vertical flame propagation for a single insulated 
wire or cable - Procedure for 1 kW pre -mixed flame;  
5. IEC 60502 -1:2004+AMD1:2009, Power cables with extruded insulation and their 
accessories for rated voltages from 1 kV (Um = 1,2 kV) up to 30 kV(Um = 36 kV) 
- Part 1 : Cables for rated voltages of 1 kV (Um = 1,2 kV) and 3 kV (Um = 3,6  kV); 
6. IEC 60754 -1:2011, Test on gases evolved during combustion of materials from 
cables - Part 1 : Determination of the halogen acid gas content;  
7. 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;  
8. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
9. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General require ments;  
10. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
11. Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) Standard 44:2018, Thermoset -Insulated 
Wires and Cables;  
12. UL 62:2018, Flexible Cord s and Cables;  
13. UL 83:2017, Thermoplastic -Insulated Wires and Cables;  
14. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2305:2008, Cordones flexibles y 
alambres para instalaciones domésticas . Requisitos ; 
15. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2345 (1R):2015, Alambres y  cables con 
aislamiento termoplástico . Requisitos . 
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/33  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/33/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/33/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/33/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/33/Add.4  G/TBT/N/ECU/357  
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  6. G/TBT/N/ECU/33/Add.5  
7. G/TBT/N/ECU/33/Add.6  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 165 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of 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, Fore ign 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 and 2272  
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@producc ion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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