G/TBT/N/ECU/477  
20 November  2019 
(19-7899) 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: 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 Qua lity) 
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: 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 provid ed in addition, where applicable) : - Other 
filament lamps, excluding ultra -violet or infra -red lamps (HS 85392)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 272  "Focos Incandescentes"  (Draft 
Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 272, "Incandescent lamps") (11 pages, 
in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by incandescent lamps, pr ior to the marketing of domestic and 
imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and the environment, and 
preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
Tungsten filament incandescent lamps, with screw -type bases, for general lighting with a 
nominal power between 4 W and 1500 W and a nominal voltage of up to 250 V.  
It does not apply to:  G/TBT/N/ECU/477  
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  • Lamps for use in motor vehicles;  
• Tungsten halogen and filament lamps covered by Ecuadorian Technical 
Regulation RTE I NEN 069 . 
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 ; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
Normative references:  
1. ISO/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
2. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
3. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
4. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes 
- Part 1 : Sampling schemes in dexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-
lot inspection;  
5. IEC 60064 :1993+AMD1:2000+AMD2:2002+AMD3:2005, Tungsten filament 
lamps for domestic and similar general lighting purposes - Performance 
requirements;  
6. IEC 60432 -1:1999+AMD1:2005+AMD2:2011, In candescent lamps - Safety 
specifications - Part 1 : Tungsten filament lamps for domestic and similar general 
lighting purposes;  
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 329  (3R):2013, Lámparas 
incandescentes de filamento de tungsteno para alumbrado general . Requisitos e 
inspección ; 
8. 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.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months 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)  
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  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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