G/TBT/N/ECU/419  
13 May 2019 
(19-3280) 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:  
Subsecret aría 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 P ereira, 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.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 tar iff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Other 
ovens ; cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers and roasters (HS 851660)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 122 (1R) "Eficiencia 
energética en hornos eléctricos de uso domestico"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian 
Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 122 "Energy efficiency of household electric ovens") 
(12 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by household electric ovens, prior to the marketing of domestic 
and imported products, with the aim of protecting the environment and preventing 
deceptive practices.  
It applies to mains -powered household electric ovens.  G/TBT/N/ECU/419  
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  It does not apply to:  
1. Ovens powered by other forms of energy  
2. Portable ovens  
3. Microwave ovens  
4. Combination microwave ovens  
5. Grills 
6. Toasters  
7. Ovens for use in c orrosive or explosive atmospheres.  
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 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. IEC 60335 -1:2010+Amd 1:2013+Amd 2:2016, Household and similar electrical 
appliances - Safety - Part 1 : General requirements  
3. IEC 60350 -1:2016, Household electric cooking appliances - Part 1 : Ranges, 
ovens, steam ovens and grills - Methods for measuring performance  
4. ISO/IEC 17025:2006, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories  
5. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2006, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements  
6. ISO/IEC 17067:2014, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes  
7. Commission Regulation (EU) No. 66/2014 of 1 4 January 2 014 implementing 
Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard 
to ecodesign requi rements for domestic ovens, hobs and range hoods  
8. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 65/2014 of 1 October 2 013 
supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the 
Council with regard to the energy labelling of domestic ovens and r ange hoods  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/189  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/189/Add.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from 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/419  
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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, 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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