G/TBT/N/ECU/437/Rev.2  
3 April 2020 
(20-2701) 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)  
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  
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) : 
8419.19.10.00 Of a capacity not exceeding 120 litres ; 8419.19.90.90 Other ; 
Instantaneous gas water heaters (HS:8419.11) ; Other (HS:8419.19)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del R eglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 109  (2R) "Seguridad y 
eficiencia térmica de calentadores de agua a gas"  (Draft second revision (2R) of 
Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 109: "Safety and thermal efficiency of gas 
water heaters") (25 page s, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  
The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by 
gas water heaters prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim 
of protecting human safety and preven ting deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  G/TBT/N/ECU/437/Rev.2  
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  • Storage water heaters powered by gas fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas and 
natural gas with an effective rated output not exceeding 108 kW;  
• Instantaneous water heaters powered by gas fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas 
and natural gas with an effective rated output not exceeding 108 kW.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive pract ices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety  
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. ISO/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories.  
3. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements.  
4. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product certification 
and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
5. EN 26:2015, Gas -fired instantaneous water heaters for the production of domestic 
hot water.  
6. EN 89:2015, Gas -fired storage water heaters for the production of domestic hot 
water.  
7. Mexican Official Standard NOM -003-ENER -2011: Eficiencia térmica de calentadores 
de agua para uso doméstico y comercial . Limites, mét odo de prueba y etiquetado . 
8. Standard NTE I NEN 2187 (1R):2011 : Calentadores de agua a gas de paso tipo 
instantáneo para uso doméstico . Requisitos e inspección . 
9. Standard NTE I NEN 2603 :2012 : Calentadores de agua a gas . Requisitos e 
inspección . 
Notification his tory: 
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/437  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/437/Rev.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 30 days from notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 30 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, Inve rsiones y Pesca (MPCEIP)  
Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, Bloque 
amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email: puntocontacto -OTCECU@producci on.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
aramonc@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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