G/TBT/N/ECU/152  
28 January 2014  
(14-0448)  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 Tel.: (+593) 2 2501885 Fax: (+593) 2 2567815 
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 3948760, Ext. 2358 
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): 
8421.12.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Reglamento 
Técnico Ecuatoriano Emergente RTE INEN 111 "Eficiencia Energética. Máquinas Secadoras 
de Ropa. Etiquetado"  (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (RTE INEN) No. 111: "Energy efficiency. Clothes dryers. Labelling") (13 pages, 
in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified Technical Regulation covers the following: Purpose; 
Scope; Definitions; Classification; Product requirements; Labelling requirements; 
Sampling; Conformity assessment tests; Reference documents; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; and Liability of 
conformity assessment bodies. G/TBT/N/ECU/152 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation estab lishes energy efficiency and labelling 
requirements for clothes dryers, with a view to  preventing risks to human life and safety 
and the environment, and practices likely to mislead users. 
It applies to electric drum-type clothes dryers manufactured in, imported into and 
marketed in Ecuador. 
It does not apply to clothes dryers that can be powered by other forms of energy, or 
combined washer-dryers.  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.industrias.gob.ec/ 
 http://www.inen.gob.ec/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano Emergente RTE 
INEN 111 "Eficiencia Energética. Máquinas Secadoras de Ropa. Etiquetado"  
(Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE 
INEN) No. 111: "Energy efficiency. Clothes dryers. Labelling"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulati on will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal) No. 155 of 6 January 2014.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   6 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 
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 3948760, Ext. 2358 Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/