G/TBT/N/ECU/158  
 
31 January 2014  
(14-0573)  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)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Diego de 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 design ated 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 2253  
Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
 PuntocontactoOTCECU@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):  HS tariff 
subheading 8422.11.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Reglamento 
Técnico Ecuatoriano Emergente RTE INEN 133  "Lavavajillas. Eficiencia Energética 
y Etiquetado" (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (RTE INEN) No. 133: "Dishwashers. En ergy efficiency and labelling") (20 pages, 
in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Product requir ements; Labelling requirements; Conformity 
assessment tests; Sampling; Regulatory documents consulted or serving as references; 
Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; 
and Liability of conformity assessment bodies.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified Technical Regulation applies to domestically produced 
or imported dishwashers that are marketed in Ecuador. G/TBT/N/ECU/158 
 
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In accordance with the country's legitimate energy efficiency objectives, only 
dishwashers with an Energy Efficiency Class A rating may be marketed in Ecuador. 
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 133 "Lavavajillas. Eficiencia 
Energética y Etiquetado" (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 133: "Dishwashers. Energy efficiency 
and labelling");  
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: 
Suplemento del Registro Oficial No. 168 (23-01-2014) (Supplement 
to Official Journal No. 168 (23 January 2014)). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  
Proposed date of entry into force:   23 January 2014 In force. 
10. Final date for comments:  -  
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 point 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 2253 Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
 puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec   
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec