G/TBT/N/ECU/99  
8 August 2013  
(13-4243)  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) 2501885 
Fax: (593-2) 2567815 
E-mail: pleon@inen.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec  
 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if availa ble) of agency or author ity designated to handle 
comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if di fferent from above:  
Subsecretaría de la Calidad  (Under-Secretariat for Quality) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Calle Yánez Pinzón N26-12 y Avda. Colón, Edif. Rigel 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593-2) 3948760, Ext. 2358 Fax: (593-2) 2504922 
E-mail: mmartinez@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 where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided  in addition, where applicable): 
8528.72.00.21, 8528.72.00.29, 8528.72.00.31, 8528.72.00.39, 8528.72.00.41, 8528.72.00.49, 8528.72.00.90 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 083 "Televisores con sintonizador del 
estándar de televisión digital ISDB-T Internacional"  ( D r a f t  T e c h n i c a l  R e g u l a t i o n  o f  t h e  
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 083, "Televisions with built-in tuners supporting digital television standard ISDB-T International") (9 pages, in Spanish) 
 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation on televisions with built-
in tuners supporting digital television standard ISDB-T International covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; General conditions; Classification; Product requirements; Labelling requirements; Documents serving as references; Conformity assessment procedure; Sampling; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of 
conformity assessment bodies; and Review and updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/99 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be 
met by televisions and television CKD kits in accordance with the digital television 
standard adopted by Ecuador (ISDB-T International). It also specifies television labelling requirements with a view to preventing prac tices that are likely to mislead or confuse 
users. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where the notice ap pears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec 
 http://www.inen.gob.ec 
2. Proposal and basic document: PRTE INEN 083 "Televisores con sintonizador del 
estándar de televisión digital ISDB-T Internacional"  (Draft Technical Regulation of 
the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 083, "Televisions with 
built-in tuners supporting digital televi sion standard ISDB-T International") 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulati on will be published when adopted: Registro  
Oficial  (Official Journal)  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days from 2 August 2013 
Upon publication in the Official Journal  
10. Final date for comments: 31 October 2013 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail 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 Calle Yánez Pinzón N26-12 y Avda. Colón, Edif. Rigel Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593-2) 3948760, Ext. 2358 
Fax: (593-2) 2504922 E-mail: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec