G/TBT/N/ECU/119  
22 November 2013  
(13-6432)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización, INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: +593 2 250-1885 
Fax: +593 2 256-7815 
Email: puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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 la Calidad  (Under-Secretariat for Quality) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: +593 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358 or 2255 
Email: puntocontactootcecu@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2. 10.1 [X], 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): 8502.11, 
8502.11.10.00, 8502.11.90.00, 8502.12, 8502.12.10.00, 8502.12.90.00, 8502.13, 
8502.13.10.00, 8502.13.90.00, 8502.20, 8502.20.10.00, 8502.20.90.00 and 8502.40.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Reglamento 
Técnico Ecuatoriano de Emergencia RTE INEN 092 "Generadores. Grupos Electrógenos y 
Convertidores Rotativos Eléctricos" (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute No. 092: "Generators, generating sets and electric rotary converters") (12 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified emergency Technical Regulation covers the 
following: Purpose; Scope; Definitions; General conditions; Requirements; Labelling 
requirements; Sampling; Conformity assessment tests; Reference standards and 
standards consulted; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; and Liability of conformity assessment bodies. G/TBT/N/ECU/119 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements for, and main 
features of, AC generators (alternators) controlled by voltage regulators when they are 
used in reciprocating internal combustion engine-driven AC generating sets, consisting of a reciprocating internal combustion engine, an AC generator and the additional equipment required for their operation, such as controlgear, switchgear and auxiliary 
equipment, with a view to preventing risks to human health, life and safety and the 
environment, and practices likely to mislead users as regards the handling and use of such products. 
It applies to the following types of generating  set produced in, imported into or marketed 
in Ecuador: 
- generating sets with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines 
(diesel or semi-diesel engines); 
- generating sets with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines; - electric converters. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: RTE INEN EMERGENTE 092 "Generadores. Grupos 
Electrógenos y Convertidores Rotativos Eléctricos"  (Emergency Technical 
Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute No. 092: "Generators, 
generating sets and electric rotary converters"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: 
Registro Oficial  (Official Journal) No. 121 of 12 November 2013.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:  As from the date of publication in the 
Official Journal (12 November 2013) 
In force 
10. Final date for comments: Not applicable 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 
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. 2358 or 2255 
Email: puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec