G/TBT/N/ECU/110  
14 November 2013  
(13-6294)  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: aortiz@inen.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 
Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; PuntocontactoOTCECU@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): 
85.02.11.10.00, 85.02.11.90.00, 85.02.12.10.00, 85.02.12.90.00, 85.02.13.10.00, 
85.02.13.90.00, 85.02.20.10.00, 85.02.20.90.00 and 85.02.40.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 092 "Generadores Grupos Electrogénos y Convertidores Rotativos Eléctricos"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute No. 092: "Generators, generating sets and electric rotary 
converters") (9 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft 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; 
Liability of conformity assessment bodies; and Review and updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/110 
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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: PRTE INEN 092 "Generadores. Grupos electrógenos 
y convertidores rotativos eléctricos"  (Draft 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).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  90 days as from 12 November 2013 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments: 10 February 2014 
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 Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec