G/TBT/N/ECU/387  
26 April 2019  
(19-2864) 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: 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) : 852872 
Other, colour ; Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio -
broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus ; video monitors 
and video projecto rs (HS 8528)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 083 (2R) "Televisores 
con sintonizador del estándar de televisión digital ISDB -T internacional" (Draft second 
revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 083 "Televisions with 
built-in tuners supporting digital television standard ISDB -T International") (12 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regul ation establishes the requirements 
to be met by televisions and television CKD kits in accordance with the digital television 
standard adopted by Ecuador (ISDB -T International), prior to the marketing of domestic 
and imported products, with the aim of prev enting deceptive practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to televisions and television CKD kits.  G/TBT/N/ECU/387  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; prevention of deceptive pr actices and 
consumer protection.  
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 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
3. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
4. Norma ABNT NBR 15604:20 07, Televisión Digital Terrestre - Receptores ; 
5. Resolución No. R TV-961-26-CONATEL -2011, Características técnicas mínimas 
para los televisores con recepción full -seg para Televisión Digital Terrestre , y su 
modificación constante en la  Resolución No. RTV-479-16-CONATEL -2012; 
6. Resolución No. R TV-681-24-CONATEL -2012, Plan maestro de transición a la 
televisión digital terrestre en el Ecuador.  
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/99  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/99/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/99/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/99/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/99/Add.4  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of notification or thereafter  
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  
11. Texts available from : National en quiry 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)  
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  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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