G/TBT/N/ECU/437  
20 May 2019  
(19-3481) Page: 1/2 
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)  
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@gmai l.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) :  
Instantaneous or storage water heaters, non -electric : (HS 84191)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 10 9 (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") (21 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements in terms of performance and minimum thermal efficiency levels that are to 
be met by gas water heaters prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, 
with a view to prote cting human safety and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
Liquefied petroleum gas - or natural gas -fired storage or instantaneous water heaters with 
an effective rated output not exceeding 108 kW.  G/TBT/N/ECU/437  
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  7. Objective and rationa le, 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:  
1. ISO 2859 -1:199/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 labora tories . 
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. Mexican Official Standard NOM -003-ENER -2011, Eficiencia térmica de 
calentadores de agua para uso doméstico y comercial . Limites, método de 
prueba y etiquetado.  
6. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2187(1R):2011, Calentadores de agua 
a gas de paso tipo in stantáneo para uso doméstico . Requisitos e inspección.  
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2603:2012, Calentadores de agua a 
gas. Requisitos e inspección.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/184  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/184/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/184/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/184/ Add.3  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of 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  
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 ) 
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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