G/TBT/N/ECU/365  
16 April 2019 
(19-2524) 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 Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 and 2272  
Email: puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontacto OTCECU@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) : Combined 
refrigerator -freezers, fitted with separate external doors (HS 841810) ; Compression -type 
(HS 841821) ; Other (HS 841829) ; Freezers of the chest type, not exceeding 800 l 
capacity (HS 841830) ; Freezers of the  upright type, not exceeding 900 l capacity 
(HS 841840) ; (ICS: 97.040.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE  INEN 035 (1R) "Eficiencia 
energética en aparatos de refrigeración de uso doméstico . Reporte de consumo de 
energía, métodos de prueba y etiquetado"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 035 "Energy efficiency of 
domestic refrigeration appliances . Energy consumption report, test methods and 
labelling") (40 pages(s), in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/365  
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  6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by domestic refrigeration appliances, prior to the marketing of domestic and 
imported products, with the aim of protecting the environment and preventing misleading 
practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products:  
1. Conventional refrigerat or; 
2. Domestic cooler;  
3. Refrigerator -freezer;  
4. Frost-free refrigerator, with upper freezer;  
5. Frost-free refrigerator, with lower freezer;  
6. Side-by-side refrigerator;  
7. Frost-free refrigerator, with dispenser;  
8. Side-by-side refrigerator, with dispenser;  
9. Vertical freezer;  
10. Frost-free vertical freezer;  
11. Frost-free horizontal freezer.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information ; Labelling ; Prevention of misleading practices ; 
consumer protection ; Protection  of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory 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 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
3. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2206 (4R):2019 . Artefactos de 
refrigeración domésticos . Requisitos y métodos de ensay o; 
4. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN -IEC 62552:2014, Artefactos domésticos 
de refrigeración - Características y métodos de ensayo . 
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/34  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/34/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/34/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/34/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/34/Rev.1  
6. G/TBT/N /ECU/34/Rev.1/Add.1  
7. G/TBT/N/ECU/34/Rev.1/Add.2  
8. G/TBT/N/ECU/34/Rev.1/Add.2/Corr.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 165 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from date of adoption  G/TBT/N/ECU/365  
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  10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of 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 and 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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