G/TBT/N/ECU/344  
3 April 2019 
(19-2110) 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) 3825960/90  
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 and 2272  
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoO TCECU@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) : For gas 
fuel or for both gas and other fuels (HS 732111) ; For gas fuel or for both gas and other 
fuels (HS 732181)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisió n del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 005 (2R) "Artefactos de 
uso doméstico para cocinar, que utilicen combustible gaseoso"  (Draft second revision (2R) 
of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (RTE INEN) No. 005 "Gas -
fired domes tic cooking appliances") (10 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by gas -fired domestic cooking appliances (gas cookers), prior to the marketing 
of domestic and imported pro ducts, with the aim of protecting human health and safety, 
and the environment, and preventing misleading practices.  G/TBT/N/ECU/344  
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  The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products that have been 
imported, locally manufactured or assembled from CKD units:  
1 Cookers;  
2 Hobs;  
3 Built-in cookers;  
4 Cookers with ovens;  
5 Cookers with cabinets;  
6 Ovens;  
7 Built-in ovens;  
8 Roasters;  
9 The notified Technical Regulation also applies to cooking appliances that use 
electricity, in addition to gas, for various  functions.  
The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to the following cooking appliances:  
1 Cooking appliances for outdoor use;  
2 Cooking appliances operating at pressures exceeding those established in 
Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2259;  
3 Cooking appliances for commercial, industrial or professional use.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information ; labelling ; prevention of misleading practices ; 
consumer protection ; protection of human health and safety ; protection of the 
environment.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory references:  
1. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes . 
Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limi t (AQL) for lot -by-lot 
inspection;  
2. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment -- Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
3. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2259 (1R):2013, Artefactos de uso 
doméstico para cocinar, que utilizan combustibles gaseosos . Requisitos e inspección ; 
4. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2479:2008, Paneles de vidrio templado 
de seguridad para uso en artefactos domésticos . Requisitos e inspección.  
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/1  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/1/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/1/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/1/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/1/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/1/Add.5  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 165 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/344  
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  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 and 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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