G/TBT/N/ECU/330  
22 February  2017 
(17-1079) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Origin al: 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 Normalizació n, SEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
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.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 ind icated 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: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec , 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) : 
8528710010  and 8528710090.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 161 "Decodificadores para el estándar de 
televisión digital terrestre ISDB -T Internacional"  (Draft Technical Regulati on of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 161, "Decoders for digital terrestrial 
television standard ISDB -T International") (8 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following : 
Purpose ; Scope; Definitions ; Product requirements ; Marking and instruction requirements ; 
Sampling ; Conformity assessment tests ; Reference documents ; Conformity assessment 
procedure ; Monitoring and inspection authority ; Penalty regime ; Liability of conform ity 
assessment bodies ; and Review and updating.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the minimum requirements  to be 
met by decoders for the digital terrestrial television standard adopted by Ecuador (ISDB -T 
International), with a view to preventing practices likely to mislead users.  
It applies to domestically manufactured or imported decoders for digital terrestrial 
television standard ISDB -T International that a re marketed in Ecuador.  G/TBT/N/ECU/330  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/ ; 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
 Proposal and basi c document : PRTE INEN 161 "Decodificadores para el estándar de 
televisión digital terrestre ISDB -T Internacional"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 161, "Decoders for digital 
terrestrial television stan dard ISDB -T International")  
 Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted : Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal).  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 90 days from 2 0 February 2 017 
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from date of  adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 21 May 2 017 
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:  
Marlon Mart ínez 
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) 3948 760, Ext. 2358 or 2253  
Email: Puntocont actoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec , mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/