G/TBT/N/ECU/440  
20 May 2019 
(19-3484) Page: 1/3 
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 government involved (Articles 3.2  and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960 to 90  
Website: http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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 Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOT CECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.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) : -- Table, 
floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self -contained  electric motor of an output 
not exceeding 125 W (HS 841451)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyect o de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 112 (2R) "Eficiencia 
energética para ventiladores con motor eléctrico incorporado de potencia inferior o igual 
a 125 W"  (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE I NEN No. 
112 "Energy efficiency of fans with a self -contained electric motor of an output not 
exceeding 125 W") (23 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by fans wi th a self -contained electric motor of an output not 
exceeding 125 W, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim 
of protecting the environment and preventing deceptive practices.  G/TBT/N/ECU/440  
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  It applies to the following products:  
• Fans with a self-contained electric motor of an output not exceeding 125 W:  
• Ceiling fans with a diameter of up to 152.4 cm;  
• Table, wall, floor and portable fans with a propeller diameter of between 26 cm 
and 60 cm with a tolerance of ± 1 cm.  
It does not apply to : Extractor fans.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
Normativ e references:  
1. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes 
- Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-
lot inspection;  
2. ISO 13349:2010 - Fans -- Vocabulary and definitions of categories;  
3. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
4. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
5. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
6. Portaria Nº 113:2008, Regulamento específico para uso da etiqueta nacional de 
conservação de energia - ence / edição nº 01 - revisão 06 . Ventiladores de teto 
de uso residencial ; 
7. Portaria Nº 20:2012, Requisitos de avaliação da conformidade para ventiladores 
de mesa, parede, pedestal e circuladores de ar . 
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/186  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/186/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/186/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/186/Add.2/Corr.1  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/186/Add.3/Corr.1  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/186/Add.4  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/440  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext . 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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