G/TBT/N/ECU/357/Rev.1  
28 October  2019 
(19-7114) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 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 - 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 may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Other (HS 
854449) ; - Other electric  conductors, for a voltage exceeding 1,000 V (HS 854460)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Cuarta Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 021  (4R) "Cables y 
Conductores Aislados Para Uso Eléctric o" (Draft fourth revision (4R) of Ecuadorian 
Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 021 "Insulated cables and conductors for electrical 
use") (11 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/357/Rev.1  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requir ements to be met by insulated cables and conductors for electrical use, 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:  
• Insulated cables and conductors for electrical use up to 2000 V.  
It does not apply to:  
1. Insulated cables and conductors for electrical use whether or not fitted with 
connectors of any class;  
2. Metal -sheathed cables for oil - and mining -related activities ; 
3. Cables for control and instrumentation.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection ; Protection of 
human health or safety  
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. ISO/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the c ompetence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
3. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment -- Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
4. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and gui delines for product certification schemes;  
5. IEC 60227 -1:2007, Polyvinyl chloride insulated cables of rated voltages up to and 
including 450/750 V - Part 1 : General requirements;  
6. IEC 60228 :2004, Conductors of insulated cables.  
7. IEC 60245 -1:2003+AMD1:2007, Rub ber insulated cables - Rated voltages up to 
and including 450/750 V - Part 1 : General requirements;  
8. IEC 60332 -1-2:2004+AMD1:2015, Tests on electric and optical fibre cables under 
fire conditions - Part 1 -2: Test for vertical flame propagation for a single insulated 
wire or cable - Procedure for 1 kW pre -mixed flame;  
9. IEC 60502 -1:2004+AMD1:2009, Power cables with extr uded insulation and their 
accessories for rated voltages from 1 kV (Um = 1,2 kV) up to 30 kV(Um = 36 kV) 
- Part 1 : Cables for rated voltages of 1 kV (Um = 1,2 kV) and 3 kV (Um = 3,6 
kV); 
10. IEC 60754 -1:2011, Test on gases evolved during combustion of materials from 
cables - Part 1 : Determination of the halogen acid gas content;  
11. Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) Standard 44:2018, Thermoset -Insulated 
Wires and Cables, 19th Edition;  
12. UL 62:2018, Flexible  Cords and Cables, 20th Edition;  
13. UL 83:2017, Thermoplastic -Insulated Wires and Cables, 16th Edition;  
14. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 2305 :2008,  Cordones flexibles y 
alambres para instalaciones domésticas . Requisitos ; 
15. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NT E INEN 2345  (1R):2015,  Alambres y cables con 
aislamiento termoplástico . Requisitos . G/TBT/N/ECU/357/Rev.1  
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  Notification history:  
G/TBT/N/ECU/357  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 30 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : 6 months from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 30 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 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@producc ion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
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