G/TBT/N/ECU/404  
3 May 2019 
(19-3062) Page: 1/3 
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)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y A lfonso 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: 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) : Lead-acid, 
of a kind used for starting piston engines (HS 850710) ; Other lead -acid accumulators (HS 
850720)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Rev isión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 115 (2R) "Baterías de 
plomo ácido para vehículos automotores" (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian 
Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 115 "Lead -acid batteries for motor vehicles") 
(11 pages, in Spanis h) 
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by lead -acid batteries for motor vehicles, prior to the marketing of domestic 
and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and the environment, 
and preventing misleading practices.  
It applies to the following products:  G/TBT/N/ECU/404  
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  • Lead-acid batteries for vehicles with four or more wheels;  
• Lead-acid batteries for motorcycles, tricycles and quadricycles (including quad 
bikes).  
The notified Technica l Regulation does not apply to:  
• Lead-acid batteries incorporated into motor vehicles.  
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 ; Protection of the environment  
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 qual ity 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 requirement s; 
4. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
5. IEC 60095 -1:2006, Lead -acid starter batteries - Part 1 : General requirements 
and methods of test;  
6. IEC 61429:1995, Marking  of secondary cells and batteries with the international 
recycling symbol ISO 7000 -1135;  
7. EN 50342 -7:2015 Lead acid starter batteries . General requirements and methods 
of tests for motorcycle batteries;  
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1497:1987, Vehí culos Automotores . 
Baterías de Plomo - Acido . Terminología ; 
9. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1499 (1R):2014, Vehículos 
automotores . Baterías de plomo -ácido. Requisitos . 
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/132  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/132/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/132/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/132/Add.3  
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  G/TBT/N/ECU/404  
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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:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterio r, 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  
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