G/TBT/N/ECU/427  
16 May 2019 
(19-3408) 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  
puntocontactoOTCECU@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) : - 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 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 208 (2R) "Seguridad 
de aparatos eléctricos para cocción"  (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 208 "Safety of electrical 
cooking appliances") (10 pa ges, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by electrical cooking appliances for household and commercial 
use, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, wi th the aim of protecting 
human safety and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  G/TBT/N/ECU/427  
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  Electrical cooking appliances for household and commercial use, with a rated voltage not 
exceeding 250 V for single -phase appliances and 480 V f or other appliances:  
1.- Electrical cooking appliances for household use:  
• Electrical cookers with and without an oven;  
• Hobs;  
• Similar electrical cooking appliances for household use (e.g. grillers and 
broilers).  
2.- Electrical cooking appliances for commercial use:  
• Electrical cookers with and without an oven;  
• Hobs;  
• Hob elements;  
• Similar electrical cooking appliances for commercial use (see Note 1).  
Note 1 : These appliances are used, for example, in restaurants, cafet erias, hospitals and 
commercial enterprises such as bakeries and butchers' shops.  
It does not apply to:  
• Induction cookers;  
• Ovens;  
• Appliances designed exclusively for industrial purposes;  
• Appliances intended for use in places where there is a corrosive or  explosive 
atmosphere (dust, vapour or gas);  
• Continuous process appliances for the mass production of food;  
• Steam cookers, forced convection ovens and steam -convection ovens;  
• Appliances used to keep food and crockery warm;  
• Microwave ovens;  
• Portable b roilers,  toasters and cooking appliances.  
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:  
1.- IEC 60335 -2-6:2014+AMD1:2018, Household and similar electrical appliances - 
Safety - Part 2 -6: Particular requirements for stationary cooking ranges, hobs, ovens and 
similar appliances;  
2.- IEC 60335 -2-36:2017,  Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2 -
36: Particular requirements for commercial electric cooking ranges, ovens, hobs and hob 
elements;  
3.- ISO 2859 -1:1999+Addendum 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by 
attributes - Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -
by-lot inspection;  
4.- ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
5.- ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of conformity 
- Part 1 : General requirements;  G/TBT/N/ECU/427  
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  6.- ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product certification 
and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/237  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/237/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/237/Rev.1  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/237/Rev.1/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  
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  
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