G/TBT/N/ECU/418/Rev.1  
16 December  2019 
(19-8662) Page: 1/2 
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  (Undersecretariat 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:  
puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; 
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramonc@produccion.gob.ec ; 
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchezc@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) : - 
Generating sets with compression -ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or 
semi-diesel engines) (HS 85021) ; - Generating sets with spark -ignition internal 
combustion piston engines (HS 850220)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 092  (1R) "Grupos 
electrógenos"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 
092 "Generating sets") (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by low -power generati ng sets driven by reciprocating internal G/TBT/N/ECU/418/Rev.1  
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  combustion (RIC) engines, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, 
with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
Low-power generat ing sets up to 12 kW and 1,000 V, driven by reciprocating internal 
combustion (RIC) engines.  
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  
8. Relevant documents : Normative references:  
• ISO/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories.  
• ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Suppl ier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements.  
• ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment -- Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes . 
• ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspect ion by 
attributes - Part 1 . Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) 
for lot -by-lot inspection.  
• ISO 8528 -1:2018, Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating 
current generating sets - Part 1 : Application, ratings and performance.  
• ISO 8528 -8:2016, Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating 
current generating sets - Part 8 : Requirements and tests for low -power 
generating sets.  
• ISO 8528 -13:2016, Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating 
current generating sets - Part 13 : Safety.  
Notification history : 
G/TBT/N/ECU/418  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months 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  
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  
aramonc@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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