G/TBT/N/ECU/357/Rev.2  
25 November  2020 
(20-8511) Page: 1/3 
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 (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: puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
jmarino@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) : Other 
electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 V (HS 85444) ; Electric conductors, 
for a voltage exceeding 1,000 V, not elsewhere specified or inclu ded (HS 854460)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Cuarta Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 021  (4R) "Cables y 
conductores aislados para uso eléctrico"  (Draft fourth revision (4R) of Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 021 "Insulated cables and 
conductors for electrical use") (11 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/357/Rev.2  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulat ion establishes the 
requirements to be met by insulated cables and conductors for electrical use, prior to the 
marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety 
and preventing misleading practices.  
It applies to the follo wing products:  
• Insulated cables and conductors for electrical use up to 2000 V.  
The Technical Regulation does not apply to:  
• Insulated cables and conductors for electrical use whether or not fitted with 
connectors of any class;  
• Metal -sheathed cables for oil- and mining -related activities;  
• Cables for control and instrumentation.  
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. 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. IEC 60227 -1:2007, Polyvinyl chloride insulated cables of rated voltages up to and 
including 450/750 V - Part 1 : General requirements;  
6. IEC 60228 :2004, Conductors of insulated cables;  
7. IEC 60245 -1:2003+AMD1:2007, Rubber insulated cables - Rated voltages up to 
and including 450/750 V - Part 1 : General requirements;  
8. IEC 60332 -1-2:2004+AMD1:2015, Tests on electric and optical fibre cables under 
fire conditions - Part 1 -2: Test for vertical flame propagation for a single insulated 
wire or cable - Procedure for 1 kW pre -mixed flame;  
9. IEC 60502 -1:2004+AMD1:2009, Power cables with extruded insulation and their 
accessories for rated voltages from 1 kV ( Um = 1,2 kV) up to 30 kV(Um = 36 kV) 
- Part 1 : Cables for rated voltages of 1 kV (Um = 1,2 kV) and 3 kV (Um = 3,6 
kV); 
10. IEC 60754 -1:2011, Test on gases evolved during combustion of materials from 
cables - Part 1 : Determination of the halogen acid gas content;  
11. UL 44:2018, Thermoset -Insulated Wires and Cables . Edition No. 19; 
12. UL 62:2018, Flexible Cords and Cables . Edition No. 20; 
13. UL 66 :2018, Fixture Wire . Edition No. 2; 
14. UL 83:2017, Thermoplastic -Insulated Wires and Cables . Edition No. 16; 
15. NTE I NEN 2305 :2008, Cordones flexibles y alambres para instalaciones 
domésticas . Requisitos ; 
16. NTE I NEN 2345  (1R):2015, Alambres y cables con aislamiento termoplástico . 
Requisitos . G/TBT/N/ECU/357/Rev.2  
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  Notification history:  
G/TBT/N/ECU/357  
G/TBT/N/ECU/357/Rev.1  
G/TBT/N/ECU/357/Rev.1/Add.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 30 days from notification or thereafter  
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 oth er body:  
Contact and/or national enquiry point:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca (MPCEIP)  
Address : 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 ; 
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
www.nor malizacion.gob.ec  
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