G/TBT/N/ECU/420  
13 May 2019 
(19-3281) 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)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y A lfonso 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: 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) : Microwave 
ovens (HS 851650)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 123 (1R) "Eficiencia 
energética para hornos microondas"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical 
Regulation PRTE INEN No. 123, "Energy efficiency for microwave ovens") (13 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation est ablishes the 
requirements to be met by microwave ovens, prior to the marketing of domestic and 
imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and health, and the 
environment, and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to microwave ovens wit h a rated voltage not exceeding 250 V AC.  
It does not apply to appliances used to heat food and beverages in laboratories.  G/TBT/N/ECU/420  
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  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 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 60335 -2-25:2010+Adm 1:2014+Adm 2:2015, Household and similar 
electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2 -25: Particular requirements for microwave 
ovens, including combina tion microwave ovens.  
3. IEC 60705:2010+Adm 1:2014+Adm 2:2018, Household microwave ovens - 
Methods for measuring performance.  
4. IEC 62301:2011, Household electrical appliances - Measurement of standby 
power.  
5. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories.  
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 gui delines for product certification schemes.  
8. PORTARIA INMETRO No. 497:2011 Requisitos de evaluación de conformidad para 
hornos microondas.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/190  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/190/Add.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of 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)  
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 ; puntocontactoO TCECU@gmail.com ; 
aramon@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
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