G/TBT/N/BOL/23  
24 August  2023 
(23-5684) 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 : PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Desarrollo Productivo y Economía Plural , MDPyEP (Ministry of Productive 
Development and the Plural Economy)  
Ministerio de Hidrocarburos y Energías , MHE (Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Energy)  
Name and address (including telephone a nd 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:  
Ministerio de Desarrollo Productivo y Economía Plural  (MDPyEP)  
Av. Mariscal Santa Cruz, Edif . Centro de Comunicaciones, piso 17  
La Paz, Bolivia  
Tel.: (+591) (2) 2184343  
Fax: (+591) (2) 2124239  
Mobile : (+591) 701 900 13  
Email: reglamentos.otc@produccion.gob.bo  
Email: andres.ledezma@produccion.gob.bo  
Website : www.produccion.gob.bo  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS nu mbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Light-
emitting diode (LED) lamps (HS code : 853952)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico "Estandares mínimos de eficiencia energética para lamparas LED"  
(Draft Technical Regulation "Minimum energy efficiency standards for LED lamps") ; (13 
pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : This Technical Regulation applies to "LED lamps" for indoor 
lighting, whether produced domest ically or imported ; all sole traders or commercial 
companies, whether domestic or foreign, public or private, which produce, assemble or 
import "LED lamps" for indoor lighting in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, regardless of 
the place of origin of the product or its destination, are covered by the provisions 
contained in this Technical Regulation.  G/TBT/N/BOL/23  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Establishes the technical requirements with regard to the minimum energy 
efficiency standards that "LED lamps" for indoor lighting must meet, in order to protect 
the environment and prevent deceptive practices ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Environmental protection  
8. Relevant docume nts: 
· Reglamento Técnico Salvadoreño Productos Eléctricos . Luminaires Especificaciones de 
Eficiencia Energética, Lámparas Fluorescentes Compactas . Rangos de Desempeño 
energético y Etiquetado , approved in 2021 by the Republic of El Salvador.  
· Reglamento T écnico sobre el Etiquetado de Eficiencia Energética (RTEEE)  - approved by 
Supreme Decree No.  009-2017-EM, of 04/04/2017, of the Republic of Peru.  
· Reglamento Técnico de Calidad para Lámparas LED con Dispositivo de Control Integrado 
en la Base  - approved by Ordinance No.  389, of 25/08/2014, of the Republic of Brazil.  
· Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE I NEN 036 :2010 Eficiencia Energética . Lámparas 
Fluorescentes Compactas . Rangos de Desempeño energético y Etiquetado , of 2010 of the 
Republic of Ec uador.  
· International Standard ISO 9000 :2015 Quality management systems - Fundamentals 
and vocabulary.  
· International Standard ISO 50001 :2018 Energy management systems - Requirements 
with guidance for use.  
· International Standard ISO/ IEC 17000 :2020 Conf ormity assessment - Vocabulary and 
general principles.  
· International Standard ISO/ IEC 17025 :2017 - General requirements for the competence 
of testing and calibration laboratories.  
· International Standard ISO/ IEC 17065 :2012 - Conformity assessment - Requirements 
for bodies certifying products, processes and services.  
 Standard IEC 62612 :2013 - Self-ballasted LED lamps for general lighting services with 
supply voltages > 50 V - Performance requirements.  
· Norma Boliviana NB/COP ANT 1737 :2022  - Eficiencia energética - Fuentes de iluminación 
LED - Especificaciones y etiquetado.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 24 November 2 023 
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months after adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/BOL/23  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Viceministerio de Políticas de Industrialización  (Vice-Ministry for Industrialization Policies)  
Focal point : Richard Wilmer Rojas Ramos, Director General of Services and Industrial 
Quality  
Viceministerio de Políticas de Industrialización  
Alternate focal point : Andrés Gerardo Ledezma Araníbar, Expert in Technical Regulation  
Analysis  
Tel.: (+591) (2) 2184377  
Email: richard.rojas@produccion.gob.bo ; andres.ledezma@produccion.gob.bo  
Technical Regulations:  
Viceministerio de Políticas de Industrialización  
Av. Mcal. Santa Cruz, Edif . Centro de Comunicaciones  
La Paz, Bolivia  
Tel.: (+591) (2) 2184377  
Email: reglamentos.otc@produccion.gob.bo  
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