G/TBT/N/ ECU/ 335 
 
12 September 2017  
(17-4804) 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 , SEN ( Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.:  (+593 -2) 382-5960 
Fax:  (+593 -2) 256 -7815 
Email : PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec   
Website : http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers  and email  and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designate d to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:    
Subsecretaría de la Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio  de Industrias y Productividad , MIPRO  (Ministry of Industry and Productivity)  
Yánez Pinzón N 26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña  
Quito,  Ecuador  
Tel.:  (+593-2) 394 -8760, Ext. 2272 / 2252 
Email : PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
 jcadena@mipro.gob.ec  
 cyepez@mipro.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):  HS tariff 
subheading s 8418.10.90.00, 8418.21.30.00 and 8418.40.00.00  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto de 
revisión del reglamento técnico ecuatoriano RTE INEN 009 (1R) "Artefactos de uso 
doméstico para producción de frío" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute Technical Regulation  (RTE INEN) No. 0 09: Household 
refrigerat ing appliances ) (12 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft revision covers the following: Purpose; 
Scope; D efinitions;  Classification; Product r equirements; Marking and la belling 
requirements; Sampling; Conformity assessment tests; Reference documents ; 
Conformity assessment  procedure; Monitoring and i nspection authority; Penalty regime; 
Liability of conformity assessment bodies ; and Review and updating .  G/TBT/N/ ECU/335 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by 
household refrigerating appliances , with a view to preventing risks to human life, health 
and safety and the environment, and practices likely to mislead users  with respect to the 
handling, operation and functioning of such products.  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de revisión del RTE INEN 009 (1R) "Artefactos 
de uso doméstico para producción de frío" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute Technical Regulation  (RTE INEN) No. 009: Household 
refrigerating appliances );  
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial (Official Journal ); 
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/3 and addenda thereto.  
9.  Proposed date of adoption: 90 days as from 24 August  2017 
Proposed date of entry into force: 180 days after adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  22 November 2017   
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ X] or add ress, telephone and fax 
numbers  and email  and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point : 
Juan Carlos Cadena  
Subsecretaría de la Calidad  
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO  
Yánez Pinzón N26 -12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña   
Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.: (+593-2) 394 -8760, Ext. 2272 / 2252 
Email : PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
 jcadena@mipro.gob.ec  
 cyepez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website : http://www.industrias.gob.ec