G/TBT/N/ECU/451  
28 May 2019  
(19-3677) 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)  
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.c om 
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) : 850811 - 
Of a power not exceeding 1,500 W and having a dust bag or other receptacle capacity not 
exceeding 20 l ; 850819 - Other ; 850860 - Other vacuum cleaners.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 197 (1R) "Aspiradoras"  
(Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 197: "Vacuum 
cleaners") (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of  content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by vacuum cleaners, prior to the marketing of domestic and 
imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing misleading 
practices.  
It appl ies to the following products:  
• Electric vacuum cleaners for household use  G/TBT/N/ECU/451  
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  • Electric w ater-suction cleaning appliances for household use  
• Electric vacuum cleaners for animal care  
It does not apply to:  
• Vacuum cleaners for household use, water -suction cleaning appliances for 
household use, and vacuum cleaners for animal care that are not powered by 
electricity.  
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. IEC 60335 -2-2:2009+AMD1:2012+AMD2:2016, Household and similar electrical 
appliances - Safety - Part 2 -2: Particular requirements  for vacuum cleaners and 
water -suction cleaning appliances.  
2. ISO 2859 -1:1999+AMD1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by 
attributes - Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) 
for lot -by-lot inspection.  
3. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, Gene ral requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories.  
4. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements.  
5. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/227  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/227/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/227/Add.2  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into for ce: 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)  
Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, Bloque 
amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ex t. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
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