G/TBT/N/ECU/369  
17 April 2019 
(19-2562) 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: 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 Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email: puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; 
puntocontactoO TCECU@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 numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 
Fluorescent, hot cathode (HS 853931) ; (ICS: 29.140.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 36 (2R) "Lámparas 
Fluorescentes Compactas y Tubulares . Seguridad y Eficiencia Energética"  (Draft second 
revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 
36 "Compact and tubular fluorescent lamps . Safety and energy efficiency ") (16 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by compact and tubular fluorescent lamps, prior to the marketing of domestic 
and imported products, with the aim of protecting hu man safety and the environment, 
and preventing misleading practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products:  
• Fluorescent lamps of a power not exceeding 200 W:  
o Non-ballasted compact fluorescent lamps (CFLni);  G/TBT/N/ECU/369  
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  o Self-ballasted comp act fluorescent lamps (CFLi);  
o Tubular fluorescent lamps.  
The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to:  
• Insect control lamps;  
• Lamps for medical applications;  
• Lamps for research applications;  
• Lamps that are sources of ultraviolet or infrared radiation;  
• Lamps for use in motor vehicles.  
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 safe ty; protection of the 
environment.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory references:  
1. IEC 60081:1997+AMD1:2000, Double -capped fluorescent lamps - Performance 
specifications;  
2. IEC 60901:1996+AMD1:1997+AMD2:2000, Single -capped fluorescent lamps - 
Performance specifications;  
3. IEC 60968:2015, Self -ballasted fluorescent lamps for general lighting services - 
Safety requirements;  
4. IEC 60969:2016, Self -ballasted compact fluorescent lamps for general lighting 
services - Performance requirements;  
5. IEC 61195: 1999+AMD1:2012+AMD2:2014, Double -capped fluorescent lamps - 
Safety specifications;  
6. IEC 61199:2011+AMD1:2012+AMD2:2014, Single -capped fluorescent lamps - 
Safety specifications;  
7. IEC 62321 -4:2013+AMD1:2017, Determination of certain substances in 
electrotechni cal products - Part 4 : Mercury in polymers, metals and electronics 
by CV -AAS, CV -AFS, ICP -OES and ICP -MS; 
8. 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;  
9. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
10. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
11. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
12. International Commission on Illumination (CIE) Technical Report, CIE 84:1989, 
Measurement of luminous flux;  
13. Commission Directive 98/11/EC of 2 7 January 1 998 implementing Council 
Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household lamps;  
14. Reglamento Técnico de Iluminación y Alumbrado Público . RETILAP, Resolución 
180540 , 30 March 2 010. 
TRACEABILITY:  
1.  G/TBT/N/ECU/ 39 G/TBT/N/ECU/369  
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  2.  G/TBT/N/ECU/39/Add.1  
3.  G/TBT/N/ECU/39/Add.2  
4.  G/TBT/N/ECU/39/Add.3  
5.  G/TBT/N/ECU/39/Add.4  
6.  G/TBT/N/ECU/39/Add.5  
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, 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  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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