G/TBT/N/ECU/176  
17 February 2014  
(14-0951)  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: 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: 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):  
Tariff subheading 8516.40.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto de 
REGLAMENTO TÉCNICO ECUATORIANO PRTE  INEN 147, "PLANCHAS ELÉCTRICAS" 
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 147: "Electric smoothing irons") (5 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 standards 
to be consulted; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of conformity a ssessment bodies; and Review and Updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified Technical Regulation lays down the safety and performance 
requirements to be met by electric smoothing irons for household and similar purposes, 
with a view to preventing risks to human li fe, protecting the environment and preventing 
practices likely to mislead users. G/TBT/N/ECU/176 
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  It applies to electric dry irons and steam irons, including those with a separate water 
reservoir having a capacity not exceeding 5 l, for household and similar purposes, 
their rated voltage not being more than 250 V. 
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 147, "PLANCHAS ELÉCTRICAS" 
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) 
No. 147: "Electric smoothing irons"); 
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 11 February 2014. 
Six months after adoption. 
10. Final date for comments:  12 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: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ;  puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec