G/TBT/N/ECU/393/Rev.1  
16 December  2019 
(19-8646) Page: 1/4 
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  (Undersecretariat 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 Pereira, Piso 8, Bloque 
amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
Puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramonc@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchezc@produccion.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) : 
8539.50.00.00 - Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps ; - Ballasts for discharge lamps or tubes 
(HS 850410) ; - Static converters (HS 850440) ; - Fixed capacitors designed for use in 
50/60 Hz circuits and hav ing a reactive power handling capacity of not less than 0.5 kvar 
(power capacitors) (HS 853210) ; - Other fixed capacitors : (HS 85322) ; - Variable or 
adjustable (pre -set) capacitors (HS 853230) ; - Relays : (HS 85364) ; - Other filament 
lamps, excluding ultra -violet or infra -red lamps : (HS 85392) ; -- Other (HS 853949) ; - 
Photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not 
assembled in modules or made up into panels ; light-emitting diodes (HS 854140) ; - 
Chandeliers and other electri c ceiling or wall lighting fittings, excluding those of a kind 
used for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares (HS 940510) ; - Electric table, desk, 
bedside or floor -standing lamps (HS 940520) ; - Other electric lamps and lighting fittings 
(HS 940540).  G/TBT/N/ECU/393/Rev.1  
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  5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 069  (2R) "Equipos de 
iluminación"  (Draft second revision  (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN 
No. 069 "Lighting equipment") (21 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by lighting equipment, prior to the mark eting of domestic and 
imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing deceptive 
practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products:  
1. Luminaires  
2. Floodlights  
3. Metal halide lamps  
4. High-pressure sodium vapour lamps  
5. Low-pressure sodium vapour lamps  
6. Tungsten halogen lamps  
7. Tungsten filament lamps  
8. Electromagnetic ballasts  
9. Electronic ballasts  
10. Starters (ignitors)  
11. Capacitors  
12. Photo controls  
13. Time switches (switching relays)  
14. LED lamps, modules, luminaires and floo dlights  
15. Control gear for LED modules  
16. Aluminium and plastic luminaire housing  
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. 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 competence 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, Conformi ty assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
5. IEC 60360 :1998, Standard method of measurement of lamp cap temperature 
rise. 
6. IEC 60432 -1:1999+AMD1:2005+AMD2:2011, Incandescent lamps - Safety 
specifica tions - Part 1 : Tungsten filament lamps for domestic and similar general 
lighting purposes . G/TBT/N/ECU/393/Rev.1  
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  7. IEC 60432 -2:1999+AMD1:2005+AMD2:2012, Incandescent lamps - Safety 
specifications - Part 2 : Tungsten halogen lamps for domestic and similar general 
lighting purposes . 
8. IEC 60598 -1:2014+AMD1:2017, Luminaires - Part 1 : General requirements and 
tests.  
9. IEC 60598 -2-3:2002+AMD1:2011, Luminaires - Part 2 -3: Particular 
requirements - Luminaires for road and street lighting.  
10. IEC 60598 -2-5:2015, Luminaires - Part 2 -5: Particular requirements - 
Floodlights.  
11. IEC 60662 :2011, High -pressure sodium vapour lamps - Performance 
specifications.  
12. IEC 60923 :2005+AMD1:2006, Auxiliaries for lamps - Ballasts for discharge 
lamps (excluding tubular fluorescent lamps) - Performance require ments.  
13. IEC 60927 :2007+AMD1:2013, Auxiliaries for lamps - Starting devices (other 
than glow starters) - Performance requirements.  
14. IEC 61000 -3-2:2018, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 3 -2: Limits - 
Limits for harmonic current emissions (equipment i nput current ≤16 A per 
phase).  
15. IEC 61000 -3-3:2013+AMD1:2017, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 
3-3: Limits - Limitation of voltage changes, voltage fluctuations and flicker in 
public low -voltage supply systems, for equipment with rated current ≤ 1 6 A per 
phase and not subject to conditional connection.  
16. IEC 61048 :2006+AMD1:2015, Auxiliaries for lamps - Capacitors for use in 
tubular fluorescent and other discharge lamp circuits - General and safety 
requirements.  
17. IEC 61049 :1991+COR1:1992, Capacitors f or use in tubular fluorescent and 
other discharge lamp circuits.  Performance requirements.  
18. IEC 61347 -2-1:2000+AMD1:2005+AMD2:2013, Lamp controlgear - Part 2 -1: 
Particular requirements for starting devices (other than glow starters).  
19. IEC 61347 -2-9:2012, Lamp controlgear - Part 2 -9: Particular requirements for 
electromagnetic controlgear for discharge lamps (excluding fluorescent lamps).  
20. IEC 61347 -2-11:2001+AMD1:2017, Lamp controlgear - Part 2 -11: Particular 
requirements for miscellaneous electroni c circuits used with luminaires.  
21. IEC 61347 -2-12:2005+AMD1:2010, Lamp controlgear - Part 2 -12: Particular 
requirements for d.c. or a.c. supplied electronic ballasts for discharge lamps 
(excluding fluorescent lamps).  
22. IEC 61347 -2-13:2014+AMD1:2016, Lamp contr olgear - Part 2 -13: Particular 
requirements for d.c. or a.c. supplied electronic controlgear for LED modules.  
23. IEC 61547 :2009, Equipment for general lighting purposes - EMC immunity 
requirements.  
24. IEC 61643 -11:2011, Low -voltage surge protective devices - Part 11: Surge 
protective devices connected to low -voltage power systems - Requirements and 
test methods . 
25. IEC 62031 :2018, LED modules for general lighting - Safety specifications.  
26. IEC 62035 :2014+AMD1:2016, Discharge lamps (excluding fluorescent lamps) - 
Safety specifications.  
27. IEC 62471 :2006, Photobiological safety of lamps and lamp systems.  
28. IEC 62560 :2011+AMD1:2015, Self -ballasted LED -lamps for general lighting 
services by voltage >50 V - Safety specifications.  G/TBT/N/ECU/393/Rev.1  
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  29. IEC 62612 :2013+AMD1:2015+AMD2:2018, Self -ballasted LED lamps for 
general lighting services with supply voltages > 50 V - Performance 
requirements.  
30. CISPR 15 :2018, Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance 
characteristics of electrical lighting and simil ar equipment.  
31. EN 55015:2013+A1:2015, Limits and methods of measurement of radio 
disturbance characteristics of electrical lighting and similar equipment.  
32. UL 773A:2016, Nonindustrial Photoelectric Switches for Lighting Control . Edition 
No. 6. 
33. UL 1029:1994, Standard for High -Intensity -Discharge Lamp Ballasts . Edition No. 
5. 
34. UL 1598:2015, Standard for Safety for Luminaires . Edition No. 4. 
35. UL 8750:2018, Standard for Light Emitting Diode (LED) Equipment for Use in 
Lighting Products . Edition No. 2. 
36. ANSI C82.4:2017, American National Standard for Lamp Ballasts - Ballasts for 
High-Intensity -Discharge and Low -Pressure Sodium Lamps.  
37. ANSI C82.14:2016, American National Standard for Lamp Ballasts - Low-
Frequency Square Wave Electronic Ballasts - for Metal Halide Lamps.  
38. ANSI C136.10:2017, Roadway and Area Lighting Equipment - Locking -Type 
Photocontrol Devices and Mating Receptacles - Physical and Electrical 
Interchangeability and Testing.  
39. ANSI C136.41:2013, For Roadway and Area Lighting Equipment - Dimming 
Control Between an External Locking Type Photocontrol and Ballast or Driver.  
Notification history:  
G/TBT/N/ECU/393  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months 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, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
Puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramonc@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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