G/TBT/N/ECU/444  
27 May 2019  
(19-3630) 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 Pe reira, 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) : Machines, 
each of a dry linen capacity not exceeding 10 kg (HS 84501) ; Machines, each of a dry 
linen capacity exceeding 10 kg (HS 845020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified docu ment : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 124 (1R) "Eficiencia 
energética de máquinas lavadoras -secadoras de ropa de uso domestico"  (Draft first 
revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 124, "Energy efficiency 
of clothes washer -dryers for household use") (14 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by clothes washer -dryers, prior to the marketing of domestic and 
imported products, with the aim of protecting the environment and preventing deceptive 
practices.  
It applies to the following products : Washer -dryers for household use.  G/TBT/N/ECU/444  
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  It does not apply to the following products:  
• Clothes washer -dryers that ca n also be powered by other forms of energy.  
• Washer -dryers for commercial or industrial use.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consum er protection ; Protection of the environment . 
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. IEC 60456:2010, Clothes washing machines for household use - Methods for 
measuring the performance.  
3. ISO/IEC 17025:2006, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories . 
4. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2006, Conformity assessment  - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements.  
5. ISO/IEC 17067:2014, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
6. EN 50229:2015, Electric clothes washer -dryers for ho usehold use . Methods of 
measuring the performance.  
7. UNIT Standard 1148:2008, Eficiencia Energética - Secadoras de ropa tipo tambor 
eléctricas de uso doméstico - Especificaciones y etiquetado.  
8. Commission Directive 96/60/EC of 1 9 September 1 996 implementing C ouncil 
Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household combined 
washer -driers.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/191  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/191/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  
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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