G/TBT/N/ECU/380  
24 April 2019 
(19-2751) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade   
 
  
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 Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOT CECU@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) : Other (HS 
730890) ; Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of 
heading 85.37, not e quipped with their apparatus (HS 853810) ; Other metal furniture 
(HS 940320)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Tegunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 057 (3R) "Envolventes 
para uso eléctr ico" (Draft third revision (3R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 057 "Enclosures for electrical use") (10 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by enclosures for electrical use, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported 
products, with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing misleading practices.  G/TBT/N/ECU/380  
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  The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following produ cts: Enclosures used for 
the installation, mounting and protection of electrical switchgear.  
The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to : Panel boards intended for 
telecommunications, and panel boards subject to requirements concerning 
electromagne tic compatibility.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information ; labelling ; prevention of misleading practices ; 
consumer protection ; protection of human health and safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory references:  
1. IEC 62208:2011, Empty enclosures for low -voltage switchgear and controlgear 
assemblies - General requirements;  
2. IEC 60529.:2013, Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code);  
3. IEC 62262:2002, Degrees of protection provided by enclosures for electrical 
equipment against external mechanical impacts (IK code);  
4. IEC 61439 -1:2011, Low -voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies - Part 1 : 
General rules;  
5. IEC 62271 -200:2011, High -voltage swit chgear and controlgear - Part 2 00: AC 
metal -enclosed switchgear and controlgear for rated voltages above 1 kV and up 
to and including 52 kV;  
6. 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;  
7. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
8. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
9. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
10. ISO 13006:2012, Ceramic tiles -- Definitions, classification, characteristics and 
marking;  
11. Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) Stand ard 845:2005, Motor Control Centers;  
12. National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) Standard 250:2014, 
Enclosures for Electrical Equipment (1000 Volts Maximum);  
13. UL 508A:2003, Industrial Control Panels.  
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/71  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/71/Add. 1 
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/71/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/71/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/71/Add.4  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 165 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/380  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/ECU/19_2387_00_s.pdf