G/TBT/N/ECU/159  
31 January 2014  
(14-0572)  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 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 or 2253 
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): 
8413.70.11 and 8413.70.19. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Reglamento 
Técnico Ecuatoriano Emergente RTE INEN 094 "Eficiencia energética de bombas y 
conjunto motor-bomba, para bombeo de agua limpia, en potencias de 0,187 kW A 0,746 kW y etiquetado"  (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (RTE INEN) No. 094: "Energy efficiency and labelling of clean water pumps and 
motor pumps with a power rating of 0.187 kW to 0.746 kW") (26 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified Technical Regulation covers the following: Purpose; 
Scope; Definitions; Classification; Product requirements; Sampling; Acceptance and rejection criteria; Labelling; Conformity assessment tests; Labelling requirements; 
Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; 
and Liability of conformity assessment bodies. G/TBT/N/ECU/159 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation applies to domestically manufactured and 
imported water pumps and motor pumps using single-phase squirrel-cage induction 
motors, with a power rating of 0.187 kW to 0.746 kW, which are marketed in Ecuador. 
The following types of pumps and motor pu mps are excluded from the scope of the 
Technical Regulation: 
(a) Pumps for ornamental fountains; 
(b) Fire pumps; (c) Hydromassage pumps; 
(d) Jet (injector) pumps; 
(e) Multi-stage pumps; (f) Pumps for solids handling (surface or submersible); 
(g) Sprinkler pumps; 
(h) Bilge pumps; (i) Swimming pool pumps. 
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 094 "Eficiencia energética de bombas y conjunto motor-bomba, para bombeo de agua limpia, en potencias de 0,187 kW A 0,746 kW y etiquetado"  (Emergency 
Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 
094: "Energy efficiency and labelling of clean water pumps and motor pumps with a power rating of 0.187 kW to 0.746 kW") (26 pages, in Spanish); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: 
Suplemento del Registro Oficial No. 160 de 13 de enero de 2014  (Supplement to 
Official Journal No. 160 of 13 January 2014).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   13 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 or 2253 Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/