G/TBT/N/ECU/188  
19 February 2014  
(14-1039)  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 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: 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 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable):  
HS tariff subheading 8528.72.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto de 
REGLAMENTO TÉCNICO ECUATORIANO PRTE INEN 117, "EFICIENCIA ENERGÉTICA EN TELEVISIONES. REPORTE DE CONSUMO DE ENERGÍA, MÉTODO DE ENSAYO Y 
ETIQUETADO" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PRTE INEN) No. 117: "Energy efficiency of televisions. Energy consumption reporting, test method and labelling") (11 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Classification; Product requirements; Labelling 
requirements; Conformity assessment tests; Sampling; Reference documents; Conformity 
assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of conformity assessment bodies; and Review and Updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/188 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified Technical Regulation lays down the energy efficiency 
requirements that will enable televisions to be classified according to energy 
performance. It also sets out provisions on the labelling of televisions and the additional 
information that is to accompany such products, with a view to preventing risks to human safety and the environment, and practices likely to mislead users. 
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 117, "EFICIE NCIA ENERGÉTICA EN 
TELEVISIONES. REPORTE DE CONSUMO DE ENERGÍA, MÉTODO DE ENSAYO Y 
ETIQUETADO" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PRTE INEN) No. 117: "Energy efficiency of te levisions. Energy consumption reporting, 
test method and labelling"); 
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 13 February 2014 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:  14 May 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 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 
Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
 puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec