G/TBT/N/ECU/418  
13 May 2019 
(19-3279) 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:  
Subsecret aría 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 P ereira, 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.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 m ay be provided in addition, where applicable) : 
Generating sets with compression -ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or 
semi-diesel engines) (HS 85021) ; Generating sets with spark -ignition internal combustion 
piston engines (HS 850220)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 092 (1R) "Grupos 
electrógenos"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 
092 "Generating sets") (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by low -power generating sets driven by reciprocating internal 
combustion (RIC) engines, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, 
with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products:  
Low-power generating sets up to 12 kW and 1 ,000 V, driven by reciprocating internal 
combustion (R IC) engines.  G/TBT/N/ECU/418  
- 2 - 
  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 8528 -1:2018, Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating 
current generating sets - Part 1 : Application, ratings and performance.  
2. ISO 8528 -8:2016, Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating 
current gen erating sets - Part 8 : Requirements and tests for low -power 
generating sets.  
3. ISO 8528 -13:2016, Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating 
current generating sets - Part 13 : Safety.  
4. 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.  
5. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration labor atories.  
6. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements.  
7. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
8. EN 12601:2010, Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven generating sets . 
Safety.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/110  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/110/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  (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 U nión 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  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT /ECU/19_2786_00_s.pdf