G/TBT/N/ECU/417  
13 May 2019 
(19-3278) 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:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Qua lity) 
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 provid ed in addition, where applicable) : Mercury 
or sodium vapour lamps ; metal halide lamps (HS 853932)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 168 (1R) "Lámpar as de 
vapor de mercurio, de sodio y de halogenuro metálico"  (Draft first revision (1R) of 
Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN No. 168 "Mercury vapour lamps, sodium 
vapour lamps and metal halide lamps") (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by mercury vapour lamps, sodium vapour lamps and metal halide 
lamps for general lighting, 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:  
• High-pressure mercury vapour lamps  
• High-pressure sodium vapour lamps  G/TBT/N/ECU/417  
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  • Low-pressure sodium vapour lamps  
• Metal halide lamps  
7. Objective and rationale, includi ng 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 62035:2014+AMD1:2016, Discharge lamps (excluding fluorescent lamps) - 
Safety specifications.  
2. 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.  
3. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General 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, Confor mity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/171  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/171/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/171/Add.2  
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 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  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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